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Auctioneer's hammer strips home of John, Priscilla Alden, Boston Herald, October 8, 1955

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1955-10-08

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Duxbury / Alden House Unmtd

GUSN

GUSN-197180

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Description

The clipping is from the "Boston Herald," October 8, 1955. The clipping describes an auction of the furnishings in the John and Priscilla Alden House in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
dwellings
auctions
furnishings (artifacts)
clippings (information artifacts)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002021
AccessID 3987
Other identifier HNEDID-002021

Physical Description

1 clipping

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0840.0060.001

Places

Duxbury (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

clippings (information artifacts)

Other People

Alden, John, 1599-1687
Alden, Priscilla

Subjects

Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Duxbury / Alden House Unmtd

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