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James Perkins House

Description

house of James Perkins, built around 1792; framed inn velvet

Details

Descriptive Terms

dwellings
exterior views
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

(verso) pine bank, jamaica plain home of james perkins esq. [letter to mr. bolton, boston athenaeum from charles bruen perkins]

Additional Identification Number

DagID 416

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D01.009

Places

Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-6 [Drawer 51 in old database]

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