McLean Hospital, Somerville, Massachusetts, H-2675a

Description

The image depicts McLean Hospital in Somerville, Massachusetts. It shows several large brick buildings with distinctive round domes and multiple chimneys, surrounded by trees and landscaped grounds. A path leads through the grass toward the buildings and there are stairs in the foreground connecting different levels of the terrain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hospitals (buildings for health facility)
institutional buildings
exterior views
historic buildings
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP010098
Halliday negative H-2675a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.078.H-2675a

Places

Somerville (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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