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Britton House, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Stereo Views: Mass.: Dorchester

GUSN

GUSN-195099

Description

The right side of a stereograph of an exterior view of the Britton House in Dorchester, Massachusetts from the end of the driveway that leads to the front porch. A woman and man stand on the front porch, three boys sit on the railing of the balcony above it, and a girl sits in a carriage in the driveway. Trees surrounded the house.

Details

Descriptive Terms

balconies
brackets (structural elements)
porches
driveways
Victorian
single-family dwellings
exterior views
stereographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000223b
AccessID 417
Other identifier HNEDID-000223b

Physical Description

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.0460.0010.001

Date Notes

1880s-1900s

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Stereo Views: Mass.: Dorchester

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