Overing House, where General Prescott was captured, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, H-2420b

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-380276

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Overing House, where General Prescott was captured, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, H-2420b
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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - New Hampshire
    - Portsmouth

Description

The image depicts the Overing House, a two-story wooden building with a gambrel roof, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. It is surrounded by trees and shrubs, with a stone wall in the foreground. This is the site where General Prescott was captured.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
rock
walls
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009823
Halliday negative H-2420b

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.002.013.H-2420b

Places

Portsmouth (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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