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Quincy W. & Isabelle Wales, 21 Sylvan, West Newton, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-303309

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Description

Nine black & white photographs (7.5 x 9.5 inch) of a two story center hall Colonial. Photographs of the exterior and interior of home were taken by Charles Darling. No date of project or further identification is known. Home is listed in 1938 Newton City Directory. The backs of some of the photographs have the following inscription: Frost & Killam, Architects. There is no listing of an architectural firm "Frost & Killam, Architects" in Cambridge or Boston. However, research provided by the Cambridge Historical Commission lists in the 1937 Cambridge City Directory a Charles W. Killam, associate professor at Harvard University and the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

Details

Collection Code

PC043

Collection Name

Eleanor Raymond photographic collection

Reference Code

PC043.08.01

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