Geographic / Mass. / Sherborn; HAV-01-403-Z-K-101
GUSN-358257
Series contains thirteen photographs of the Walter M. Cabot House located in Sherborn, Massachusetts. The photographs depict the south elevation, the walled garden, the dining room, the living room, the library, and two bedrooms. It also includes a small archival envelope containing Weber's signatures which were removed from the original mounts prior to acquisition by Historic New England. A number of the locations are featured from various different angles.
black-and-white photographs
exterior views
interior views
architecture (object genre)
photographs
albumen prints
signatures (names)
1 flat storage box (13 photographs and 1 folder)
13 photographs and 1 folder
AR039
Walter M. Cabot House collection
2012
AR039.002
circa 1925
Gift of George Fisk, Jr., 2012
Sherborn (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Weber, Paul J.
photographs
albumen prints
signatures (names)
Photograph
Architectural photography
The photographs in this collection were originally mounted on heavy paper and signed. Prior to being acquired by Historic New England, the photographs were removed from their original mounts and dry mounted to matte board. Photographer Paul Weber's signatures were cut off and stored in an envelope with the rest of the collection.
Series
Geographic / Mass. / Sherborn; HAV-01-403-Z-K-101
Paul J. Weber was a renowned landscape and architectural photographer. He worked for a large portion of his life in the Boston area and had an office at 68 Kenwood Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
In the absence of a usable original order, the arrangement scheme was imposed during processing. Photographs of similar locations were grouped together. Names have been assigned to the individual images and they are numbered 1 through 13. Arranged numerically.
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