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Photograph of a woodcut depicting the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham, about 1850.

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Location Note

Large - Geo - Massahusetts - Hingham - Old Ship - Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-194990

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Description

A woodcut exterior view of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hip roofs
cupolas
spires
meeting houses (religious buildings)
American Colonial
exterior views
weathervanes
woodcuts (prints)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000194
AccessID 301
Other identifier HNEDID-000194

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.002

Date Notes

ca. 1850s

Places

Hingham (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

woodcuts (prints)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massahusetts - Hingham - Old Ship - Unmounted

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