Caption

View of Chestnut Street and Lafayette Street in Salem, View on Chestnut Street. View on Lafayette Street, page, photomechanical print, Salem (Massachusetts), maker: Heliotype Printing Company, Boston (Massachusetts), 1879-04, photographer, North America, Massachusetts, paper, photoaquatint, height 241 mm x width 165 mm, Prints opposite page 264., street, housing, A sepia-toned image showing two wide street scenes stacked vertically, each framed with rows of leafless trees lining dirt roads and bordered by large, multi-story houses with porches, bay windows, and decorative rooflines; the upper scene features a prominent brick house at the left with shuttered windows and a columned entrance, tall bare trees in front casting shadows, and a long avenue of similarly styled houses receding into the distance; the lower scene shows a broad street edged by ornate Victorian houses with mansard roofs, balustraded porches, stone fences, and lamp posts, with leafless trees along the sidewalks and a clear sky above.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_209

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42.4Mb (11.4Mb) / 11.0in x 14.9in / 3308 x 4484 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Chestnut Street Lafayette Street Salem page photomechanical print Massachusetts maker Heliotype Printing Company Boston 1879-04 photographer North America paper photoaquatint height 241 mm x width 165 mm Prints opposite 264 street housing sepia-toned image showing two wide street scenes stacked vertically framed rows leafless trees lining dirt roads bordered large multi-story houses porches bay windows decorative rooflines upper scene features prominent brick house left shuttered windows columned entrance tall bare trees front casting shadows long avenue similarly styled houses receding distance lower scene broad street edged ornate Victorian houses mansard roofs balustraded porches stone fences lamp posts sidewalks clear sky