HGO-01-001-O-I-107
GUSN-361823
Unbound album stored in black leather cover embossed with gold lettering reading "George Mixter" on the binding. Album includes twenty-three sepia tone prints, including twelve exterior views and eleven interior views, of a house in an unidentified location. The exterior views show the landscape as well as exterior details of the house, including doorways and fenestration. The interior views highlight features such as furniture, drapes, mantels, and panelling. Other features include scenic wallpaper and wallpaper with a ship pattern. All twenty-three prints are signed by Weber in the bottom right corner. The following is stamped on the verso of all twenty-three prints: "Paul J. Weber / Architectural photographer." William T. Aldrich was the architect for this house.
photograph albums
interior views
exterior views
Colonial Revival
dwellings
houses
architecture (discipline)
photograph albums
gelatin silver prints
Album number 228I
1 photograph album; 15 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
2007
PC009.228.001.009
circa 1930
Weber, Paul J. (Photographer)
photograph albums
gelatin silver prints
Weber, Paul J.
Aldrich, William T., 1880-1966
Photograph
Album
Architecture
Item
HGO-01-001-O-I-107
This is the house of George Mixter, probably designed by architect William T. Aldrich and probably photographed by Paul J. Weber.
As noted in North Shore Boston; Houses of Essex County, 1805-1930, Pamela W. Fox, Acanthus News, 2005, p 319
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