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B.P. Shillaber House, Portsmouth, N.H. – Vintage Wall Art

B.P. Shillaber House, Portsmouth, N.H., c1907. — historic photograph
B.P. Shillaber House, Portsmouth, N.H., c1907.. Historic photograph 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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This rare historic photograph captures B.P. Shillaber House, Portsmouth, N.H. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, the humorist who created the malapropism-prone Mrs. Partington, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1814, and this 8 x 10 inch glass negative records the house identified in its catalog record as his birthplace. The picture was made around 1907 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed towns, landmarks, and scenery across the United States in the early twentieth century. Its view of the Portsmouth dwelling reflects a period when old houses were beginning to draw interest as links to the nation's past. Shillaber later edited the Boston Carpet-Bag, a humorous weekly that helped establish his reputation as a writer.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes3764" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019868. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsShillaber, Benjamin Penhallow,--1814-1890--Birthplace. Birthplaces.United States--New Hampshire--Portsmouth.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63186

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