Ida Lewis' Home, Lime Rocks, Newport

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Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph on buff colored cardstock; photograph by J.A. Williams; handwritten in pencil on verso "Lime Rocks"; printed on verso "Photo By / Joshua Appleby Williams, / Studio, Touro Block, No. 1. P.O. Box 507. / Newport, R.I."; two level house with pitched roof and chimney built on rocky point surrounded on three sides by water; mast of sailing ship partially visible in midground at right behind small structure

Date Made: mid-late 1800s

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, NewportAssociated Place: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0625Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0625

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-47c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899745

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