Portrait of William Sumner Appleton, Boston, Mass., 1936

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1936

GUSN

GUSN-225228

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Personal photographic collection
Standard-size photographs
Alphabetical - A
Appleton, William Sumner
Appleton, William Sumner -- 1936-1947
Portrait of William Sumner Appleton, Boston, Mass., 1936
(current record)

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Personal photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs
  - Alphabetical - A
    - Appleton, William Sumner
      - Appleton, William Sumner -- 1936-1947
        Portrait of William Sumner Appleton, Boston, Mass., 1936 (current record)
        John P. Benson and William Sumner Appleton in Mr. Benson's studio, Kittery Point, Maine, July 24, 1947
        Half-length portrait of William Sumner Appleton, facing front, looking down at object, Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 15, 1947

Description

William Sumner Appleton is seated in the Harrison Gray Otis House for a portrait taken by his nephew, George Weld.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
dwellings
houses
portraits
historic preservationists
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC004

Collection Name

Personal photographic collection

Reference Code

PC004.01.A.1775.06.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Weld, George F. (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947

Other Organizations

Historic New England (Organization)
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Subjects

Historic New England properties

Description Level

Item

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