Gershom Wheelock House, Boylston Street, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 28937-A

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1916

GUSN

GUSN-388555

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Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s
Glass Plate Negatives
Houses and residents
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Gershom Wheelock House, Boylston Street, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 28937-A
(current record)

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Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s
- Glass Plate Negatives
  - Houses and residents
    - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Description

The image shows the Gershom Wheelock House located on Boylston Street, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The house is a single-story structure with a gabled roof and shingle siding, set on a small hill next to a dirt road. Leafless trees and telephone poles line the road.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012463
A-Series negative 28937-A

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC029

Collection Name

Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

ca. 1971

Reference Code

PC029.001.001.006.28937-A

Places

Shrewsbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Harlow, Hiram (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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