Oliver Wendell Holmes birthplace, Cambridge, Massachusetts, H-1308a

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1910-03-24

GUSN

GUSN-379021

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Description

The image shows the birthplace of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It depicts a large, two-story house with several windows, a central entrance, and trees surrounding the property. A fence runs along the front of the house and the photograph is framed with visible fasteners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
physicians
poets
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008561
Halliday negative H-1308a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.016.H-1308a

Places

Cambridge (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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