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Exterior view of the Bacon house

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1904

GUSN

GUSN-202320

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Description

Exterior view of the Michael Bacon house (the "Old Bacon House"), as seen over a stone wall.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rural areas
exterior views
American Colonial
dwellings
gelatin silver prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: Old Bacon House, Bedford, Middlesex County, Mass. Built by Michael Bacon 1682, and still standing (1904); Verso of mount: 1936.804

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 107
OVP Number OVP0147

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.147

Image Dimensions

8.5 x 13.75 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Material Type

gelatin silver prints
photographs

Subjects

Stone walls
Bedford (Mass.)
Architectural photography

Restrictions

Oxidative-reductive deterioration; top layer of paper on verso of mount torn.

Description Level

Item

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