Acadian House, built 1670, Guilford, Connecticut

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GUSN-354856

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Connecticut
Connecticut - Guilford
Connecticut - Guilford - Acadian House - Postcards
Acadian House, built 1670, Guilford, Connecticut
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Connecticut
      - Connecticut - Guilford
        Connecticut - Guilford - Acadian House - Postcards
        Acadian House, built 1670, Guilford, Connecticut (current record)

Description

Text on the postcard reads "Where several Acadian peasants from Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, were sheltered by the town, having been put ashore here from British ships in 1755 (see Longfellow's Evangeline)."

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic houses
houses
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard : black-and-white print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USCT.0850.0060.001

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Lucy A. Royce, 15 August 1921.

Places

Guilford (New Haven county, Connecticut)
Grand Pré National Historic Park (Nova Scotia, Canada) [historical park]

Record Details

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

Subjects

Architectural photography
National Register of Historic Places
Acadians

Description Level

Item

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