Choate House (Island), Essex, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-225776

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General photographic collection
Stereo views
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Essex
Massachusetts - Essex - general
Choate House (Island), Essex, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Stereo views
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Essex
        Massachusetts - Essex - general
        Choate House (Island), Essex, Mass. (current record)
        Exterior view of Choate House and barn, Essex, Mass., undated

Description

The Rufus Choate birthplace house and barn are seen in this image with a hay wagon in the foreground on Hog Island (Choate Island) in Essex, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
exterior views
senators
orators
lawyers
islands
stereographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Description

1 stereoview

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.0540.0010.001

Places

Hog Island (Essex county, Massachusetts) [island]
Essex (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Peabody, Edwin N., d. 1920 (Photographer)

Material Type

stereographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859

Subjects

Choate Island (Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

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