29. View from Track showing House left on its side

29. View from Track showing House left on its side

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Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on verso "Stereoscopic Views of the / Great Disaster / On Mill River, in Hampshire Co., Mass. / Haydenville. / 29. View from Track showing House left on its side. / The above Views are Published and for sale by / J.A. French, / Portrait and Landscape Photographer / No. 10 Bridgman's Block. Keene, N.H. / Prices / Single View 25 Cts. One dozen $2.50. Full Set $6.00. / Forwarded to any Address, postage free. / All orders received will be promptly filled on receipt of Price. / The subject of this card is underlined." along with list of alternate available views; printed on recto "Published by J.A. French, Keene, N.H. / Portrait and Landscape Photographer."; image capturing wreckage after Mill Valley Flood; debris in foreground; house knocked off foundation and lying on its side in midground; more houses in background
Object Name
stereograph
date made
1874
maker
French, J. A.
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Haydenville
associated place
United States: New Hampshire, Keene
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
ID Number
2012.3033.0740
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0740
subject
Floods
Disasters
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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