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Hallway door to north parlor, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, N.H., ca. 1915

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1915

GUSN

GUSN-195437

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Description

Wallace Nutting staged this photograph in the entrance hall of the Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A model in period costume and hat stands in the doorway to a parlor and looks toward the front door. A tall case clock stands to the right of the parlor door. One of two matching chairs is set at the left of the door, while the other is in the parlor.

Details

Descriptive Terms

headgear
entrance halls
parlors
houses
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
models (people)
tall case clocks
hats
interior views
staged photographs
timepieces
dwellings
chairs (furniture forms)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000563
AccessID 781
Other identifier HNEDID-000563
Nutting studio number 9042?

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC039

Collection Name

Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

Reference Code

PC039.USNH.03.025

Date Notes

Date listed as ca. 1915 in Richard M. Candee, Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth, 42.

Image Dimensions

10 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Mechanic Street (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Architectural photography

Accruals Note

Nutting studio number listed as 9042? in Richard M. Candee. Wallace Nutting's Portsmouth, 42.

Variant Title

Parlor door, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, N.H.

Description Level

Item

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