Oliver Wendell Holmes home, 296 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1176b

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378775

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Description

The image depicts the exterior of Oliver Wendell Holmes' home at 296 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The building is a multi-story brick townhouse with bay windows and ivy growing on the façade. There are steps leading up to the main entrance, flanked by other similar structures. A gas streetlamp is visible on the sidewalk in front of the building.

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Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008311
Halliday negative H-1176b

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-1176b

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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