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1896
HGO-01-001-F-R-3
GUSN-169499
Interior photograph of the parlor in the Warner House, Portsmouth, N.H.
interior views
interior decoration
photographs
ACCESS ID 5500
1 photograph
PC002
Domestic interiors photographic collection
Apr. 15, 1914
PC002.USNH.Portsmouth.192.21
Gift
Portsmouth, N.H.
Davis Brothers (photographer)
photographs
On back of photograph: "Best parlor. Room over exactly same size and detail called parlor chamber. 40 years ago on walls of staircase were discovered mural paintings done in oil on the plaster. They had been concealed for 100 years by two wallpapers, neither of which was landscape (?). The present Miss [name illegible]'s father remembers paintings on ceiling but never knew of walls. Ceiling was concealed by several coats of paint. Aug. 1896 HW Browne."
Item
HGO-01-001-F-R-3
Stamp on back of photograph: "David Brothers, Photographers, No. 8 (?) Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H."
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