Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass.

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GUSN-354933

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Pittsfield
Massachusetts - Pittsfield - Gold-Longfellow-Plunkett - Postcards
Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Pittsfield
        Massachusetts - Pittsfield - Gold-Longfellow-Plunkett - Postcards
        Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass. (current record)

Description

The house was actually owned by Thomas Gold and subsequently by Nathan Appleton, Longfellow's father-in-law. It was also known as Elm Knoll and inspired Longfellow's poem "The old clock on the stairs."

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
houses
businessmen
poets
postcards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard : color print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USMA.3740.0100.001

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Fielding Schofield, May 1925.

Places

Pittsfield (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

postcards

Other People

Gold, Thomas, 1759-1827
Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

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