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Postcard, the Vanderbilt Gate, entrance to Breakers, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Postcards: Rhode Island: Newport: The Breakers

GUSN

GUSN-196928

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Description

The Breakers mansion can be seen through the intricate Vanderbilt Gate in Newport, Rhode Island.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
mansions
historic houses
houses
gates
National Historic Landmarks
businessmen
railroads
postcards

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001757
AccessID 3734
Other identifier HNEDID-001757

Physical Description

1 postcard : color photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USRI.0370.0180.002

Places

Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Metropolitan News Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)
Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895 (Architect)

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Codman, Ogden, 1839-1904
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899

Subjects

Architectural photography

Accruals Note

Originally scanned 39508

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Postcards: Rhode Island: Newport: The Breakers

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