John Webber Tavern, site of the Shawshine Old Tavern (old trading station), Bedford, H-1216b

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378873

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Massachusetts
Bedford
John Webber Tavern, site of the Shawshine Old Tavern (old trading station), Bedford, H-1216b
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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Massachusetts
    - Bedford

Description

The image shows the John Webber Tavern, which is identified as the site of the Shawshine Old Tavern, an old trading station located in Bedford. The building is a large two-story wooden structure with shutters on the windows. A pathway leads up to the tavern and there is a stone wall and tree stump in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

taverns
commercial buildings
exterior views
historic sites
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008410
Halliday negative H-1216b

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.006.H-1216b

Places

Bedford (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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