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1918-1949
GUSN-54882
View of south side of a 17th century house with steeply raking roof; framing and plastering on one wall uncovered.
photographs
gelatin silver prints
silver (metal)
houses
Silver Print
House
Seventeenth Century
Print, Photographic
Handwritten (calligraphy) on recto--centered below image: ""Abraham Browne, Jr. House/ 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts/ Acquired in 1923 as a gift by/ The Society For The Preservation of New England Antiquities/ Built by him about 1698. This photograph of the South front, just before boarding and clapboarding, shows the frame outlines against the plaster covering the brick nogging.
Abraham Browne House
Unknown
16 7/8 x 20 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
1949.18X
Massachusetts (United States)
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