ca. 1900
Bar code 000009348
GUSN-194364
Albums compiled by the architects Arthur Little and Herbert Browne documenting completed work for several clients.The majority of photographs in these albums were probably commissioned by the firm of Little and Browne to the photographic studios of William Clark (formerly of Soule Photograph Company, Boston) and T. E. Marr. Both photographers were active as "view photographers" working closely with Boston architects.It is important that users note the existence of related materials when using these albums. These consist of architectural plans, an album of furniture designs for specific clients, accounts cumulated by the firm's clients and the architectural library of Herbert Browne, housed as a separate unit within the Rare Book Collection."Book C." Interiors, garden views, and exteriors, including the Larz Anderson and Brandegee estates in Brookline, various residences designed by Arthur Little for his own use, the Salem Trust Company, Salem, Roxbury, the gardens of the Thayer and Spaulding estates (respectively Lancaster and Pride's Crossing, MA). List is attached but contents do not always correspond with list.
historic buildings
gardens
architecture (discipline)
photograph albums
album number 122c
1 photograph album; 10 13/16 x 12 1/2 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
PC009.122C
Massachusetts (United States)
Little & Browne (Architect)
Probably Clark, William T. (Photographic studio)
Probably Marr, T. E. (Photographic studio)
Little & Browne (Compiler)
photograph albums
Clark, William T.
Marr, T. E.
Browne, Herbert W. C., 1860-1946
Little, Arthur, 1852-1925
Anderson, Larz, 1866-1937
Brandegee, Edward, Mrs.
King, Alice S.
Little & Browne
Lancaster, MA
Brookline, MA
Prides Crossing, MA
Swampscott, MA
Manchester, MA
Danvers, MA
Salem, MA
Nahant, MA
Long Island, NY
Virginia
It is also important to note that albums are in actively deteriorating condition, and that they may in the near future be disassembled from their enclosures.
Item
Bar code 000009348
Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection
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