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Exterior view of Pickering House, Broad Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geographic: Salem: Pickering House

GUSN

GUSN-197670

Description

A woman and several children stand on the sidewalk in front of Pickering House, Broad Street, Salem, Massachusetts. The house was built by John Pickering and is located at 18 Broad Street. It was the birthplace of Colonel Timothy Pickering who served in the Revolutionary War and held cabinet posts in subsequent years.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
houses
dwellings
military personnel
photographs
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002437
AccessID 4495
Other identifier HNEDID-002437

Physical Description

1 photographic print : albumen, mounted

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.0240.002

Places

Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

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

Other People

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Subjects

Broad Street (Salem, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Revolutionary War

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic: Salem: Pickering House

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