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Exterior view of the Barrell Mansion, Somerville, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Somerville / Barrell/McLean Asylum

GUSN

GUSN-196841

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Description

A path cuts through the grounds of Barrell Mansion.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
gardens
hospitals (buildings for health facility)
houses
dwellings
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001703
AccessID 3646
Other identifier HNEDID-001703

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white, mounted

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2710.0130.001

Places

Somerville (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804

Other Organizations

McLean Insane Asylum

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Somerville / Barrell/McLean Asylum

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