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Men and women standing in front of the Belcher-Vassal House

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

n.d.

GUSN

GUSN-202384

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Description

Informal group portrait of men and women standing in front of the Belcher-Vassal House, as seen from across property grounds.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
dwellings
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Verso of mount: Cambridge - Once headquarters of Geo. Washington Gift of Baldwin Coolidge - Sometime in Fall of 1918 [in a different hand:] Belcher-Vassal House [in a different hand, in red ink:] copied #17267 [in a different hand, in pencil:] Cambridge Once headquarters of Gen. G. W.

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 172
OVP Number OVP0166
Negative Number 17267

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1918

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.166

Image Dimensions

11.375 x 16 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Baldwin Coolidge.

Record Details

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Subjects

Belcher-Vassal House (Cambridge, Mass.)
Men
Women
Cambridge (Mass.)

Restrictions

Top right corner of print and mount creased.

Description Level

Item

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