Library in the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, Concord, Massachusetts, H-1386a

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-379133

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Description

The image depicts the library in the Ralph Waldo Emerson House in Concord, Massachusetts. The room contains several bookshelves filled with books, a round table with a selection of items on top, and multiple chairs arranged around the space. The walls are adorned with framed pictures and there is a fireplace with various objects displayed on the mantel.

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Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
interior views
historic houses
essayists
transcendentalism
libraries (rooms)
books
bookshelves
tables (support furniture)
chairs (furniture forms)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008675
Halliday negative H-1386a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.021.H-1386a

Places

Concord (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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