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Hamilton House interior

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Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-310931

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Description

A view of a corner inside Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. The wallpaper visible here was installed in July of 1898 and is one of the earliest examples of a reproduction paper replicating an existing, historic paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
chests (case furniture)
rooms
scale models
dry collodion negatives

Collection Code

PC062

Collection Name

Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

Reference Code

PC062.29.14

Places

South Berwick (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Vaughan, Elizabeth (Tyson), 1871-1949 (Photographer)

Material Type

dry collodion negatives

Description Level

Item

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