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Photograph

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1855-1890

GUSN

GUSN-34891

Description

View of three-story brick house with projecting entry way supported by Ionic columns, dark shutters, Palladian window, and fanlight.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
albumen (egg white)
Federal
houses
Albumen
House
Federal
Print, Photographic

Inscription

Handwritten on verso: ""Tappan house/ Summer & Arch Sts. Boston/ Gift of W.S. Appleton 12 March 1923 (sic?)""

People and Organizations

Tappan House

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 x 22 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1932.519

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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