Home of Louisa May Alcott, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1174b

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378770

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Description

The image depicts a row of attached brick townhouses in Boston, Massachusetts, one of them being the home of Louisa May Alcott. The buildings feature multiple stories with tall windows and some have ivy growing on the façade. A lamp post is visible on the sidewalk in front of one of the entrances and a tree partially obstructs the view on the left side of the image.

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Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
streets
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008306
Halliday negative H-1174b

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.010.H-1174b

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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