Halliday's Collection of Photographs of New England Historic Buildings and Colonial and Provincial Houses. MDCXXVII MDCCC
by (ARCHITECTURE, NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHY) HALLIDAY, William H
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About This Item
Boston: William H. Halliday, for sale by Damrell & Upham, no. 283 Washington Street, 1895. First edition. 12mo. B/w photo illustrations throughout. [ii], 50 pp. + 7 ll. of ads for books on local history interspersed. Publisher's illustrated wrappers; covers toned, piece torn from lower corner of front wrapper, Damrell & Upham address crossed out in pencil and replaced with "50 Bromfield St, Room 30" Catalogue of the photographs of historic New England homes and buildings available for purchase from the Boston firm of William H. Halliday. This collection of photographs is intended to embrace every building in Colonial and Provincial New England of importance, either in a picturesque point of view or for its historic or traditional value. The catalogue lists some 400 to 500 photographs, grouped by location, and each with a short but often detailed description. The images were available as 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch prints at $.50 apiece."The Halliday Historic Photograph Company was a Boston firm specializing in the commercial sale of architectural and scenic views whose emphasis is primarily on buildings and sites of picturesque or associational interest as relics of New England's Colonial past. Active from the 1890s until the 1930s, the quality of the firm's work was unusually high, both pictorially and for its documentary dependability" (Historic New England, Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s).
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100866
- Title
- Halliday's Collection of Photographs of New England Historic Buildings and Colonial and Provincial Houses. MDCXXVII MDCCC
- Author
- (ARCHITECTURE, NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHY) HALLIDAY, William H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William H. Halliday, for sale by Damrell & Upham, no. 283 Washington Street
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- architecture, photography
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