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Pickering birthplace, Salem, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Postcards: Mass: Salem: Pickering House

GUSN

GUSN-197675

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Description

The Pickering House is seen with a telephone pole on the left side of the image. 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. The card was manufactured in Germany.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
dwellings
houses
military personnel
postcards

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002443
AccessID 4500
Other identifier HNEDID-002443

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.132

Places

Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Metropolitan News Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Subjects

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

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Postcards: Mass: Salem: Pickering House

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