Postcard, the Endicott Pear Tree, Danvers, Mass., published by Solatia M. Taylor, photographic supplies and finishing, 56 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

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GUSN-354673

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Danvers
Massachusetts - Danvers - Endicott Pear Tree - Postcards
Postcard, the Endicott Pear Tree, Danvers, Mass., published by Solatia M. Taylor, photographic supplies and finishing, 56 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Danvers
        Massachusetts - Danvers - Endicott Pear Tree - Postcards
        Postcard, the Endicott Pear Tree, Danvers, Mass., published by Solatia M. Taylor, photographic supplies and finishing, 56 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. (current record)

Description

Text below the image reads "Planted in 1630 by John Endicott, first Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. The oldest fruit tree in New England."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
photography
photographic equipment
cameras (photographic equipment)
trees
fruit
governors
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard : black-and-white print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USMA.1110.0060.001

Places

Danvers (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Taylor, Solatia M., 1860-1943 (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Endecott, John, 1588?-1665

Subjects

Bromfield Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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