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Hamilton House interior

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-310934

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Description

A view of the corner of the parlor at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. Visible is a portion of the mural painted by George Porter Fernald in 1907. This mural is based in part on the French scenic wallpaper Les Monuments de Paris and it depicts many important Colonial and Federal-era buildings of the Piscataqua region.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parlors
interior views
mural paintings (visual works)
dry collodion negatives

Collection Code

PC062

Collection Name

Elizabeth (Tyson) Vaughan photographic collection

Reference Code

PC062.29.04

Places

South Berwick (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Vaughan, Elizabeth (Tyson), 1871-1949 (Photographer)

Material Type

dry collodion negatives

Description Level

Item

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