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OVP 57
GUSN-221279
This exterior view of the King-Hooper House in Marblehead, Mass. shows the rear facade and a detail of the gambrel roof.
exterior views
houses
dwellings
gambrel roofs
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Rear view in the King-Hooper House. Built about 1760. The gambrel roof of the ell, set upon broad "shoulders," is an ingenious device for increasing the space in the lower story. Photographed by Arthur C. Haskell, Historic American Buildings Survey. Frank Chouteau Brown, District Officer. (typed)
King-Hooper House, Marblehead, Mass. (handwritten)
Oversize photograph number OVP0200-A
1 photographic print : black-and-white, mounted, matted ; 11 x 14 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.01.TMP.200-A
11 x 14 (HxW)(inches)
Marblehead (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Haskell, Arthur C. (Arthur Cushman), 1890-1968 (Photographer)
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947
Date of house: circa 1760.
Item
OVP 57
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