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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1925-1949

GUSN

GUSN-54876

Description

Side view of 17th c. clapboard house w/ large chimney at back and entrances at front and side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
gelatin silver prints
silver (metal)
houses
Silver Print
House
Seventeenth Century
Print, Photographic

Inscription

Handwritten (calligraphy) on recto-- centered below image: ""Tristram Coffin Jr. House/ 14 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts/ Acquired 1929 by/ The Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities/ As the gift of Mrs. Arthur Merriam/ Built about 1651. The oldest portion is at the back with the/ large chimney.""

People and Organizations

Coffin House

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 7/8 x 20 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1949.16X

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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