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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1915-1940

GUSN

GUSN-54878

Description

View of Otis House from Cambridge Street with pedestrians and parked car in foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

"Harrison Gray Otis House, 1795/ 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts/ Acquired by gift in 1916/ Headquarters of/ The Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities/ and of its New England Museum."" (Handwritten on recto--centered below image:)

People and Organizations

Harrison Gray Otis House

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Accession Number

1949.17X

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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