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Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill – Historic Reproduction

Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill, c1900. — historic print
Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill, c1900.. Historic print from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Whittier's birthplace, Haverhill. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The farmhouse where the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier was born in 1807 stands in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and this photochrom captures it as a rural homestead rather than a literary landmark. Whittier wrote many poems about the New England countryside he knew as a boy, and the house became a place of pilgrimage for admirers after his death in 1892. This print was made around 1900 by the Detroit Photographic Company, which used the Swiss photochrom process to produce vivid color views of American places. Its record notes that it was kept in an album the company used as a catalog in its office, so it shows how the firm presented its landscapes and sites to buyers.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color.
NotesIn album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53546. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsWhittier, John Greenleaf,--1807-1892. Birthplaces.United States--Massachusetts--Haverhill.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 732 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-78859

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