Stone tablet marking first United States flag raised over a public school, Catamount Hill, Allenstown, New Hampshire, 7978-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1910-1939

GUSN

GUSN-387173

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Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s
Glass Plate Negatives and Transparencies
Landscapes
Natural
New Hampshire
Allenstown
Stone tablet marking first United States flag raised over a public school, Catamount Hill, Allenstown, New Hampshire, 7978-B
(current record)

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Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s
- Glass Plate Negatives and Transparencies
  - Landscapes
    - Natural
      - New Hampshire
        Allenstown
        Stone tablet marking first United States flag raised over a public school, Catamount Hill, Allenstown, New Hampshire, 7978-B (current record)

Description

The image shows a stone tablet situated in a wooded area, marking the location where the first United States flag was raised over a public school. The inscription on the tablet commemorates the event, stating it occurred in May 1812 at a schoolhouse that once stood on Catamount Hill, Allenstown, New Hampshire. The text mentions individuals involved in raising the flag and the loyal families of Catamount Hill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

memorials
tablets
woods (plant communities)
natural landscapes
photographs
transparencies
positives (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013685
B-Series negative 7978-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate transparency

Collection Code

PC039

Collection Name

Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

1969

Reference Code

PC039.001.002.001.001.002.7978-B

Places

Allenstown (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 (Photographer)

Material Type

transparencies
positives (photographs)

Description Level

Item

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