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Old Bill Speare's house

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1913

GUSN

GUSN-199831

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Description

A woman in period dress doing needlework is seated before a fireplace in Old Bill Speare's House, Pembroke, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

Nutting studio number 3130

Physical Description

1 photographic print: black-and-white

Collection Code

PC039

Collection Name

Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

1914-12-12

Reference Code

PC039.USMA.05.009

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Date Notes

copyright date

Places

Pembroke (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Descriptive Terms

figure sitting by fireplace

Description Level

Item

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