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The Old Manse, Concord – Historic Print

The Old Manse, Concord, c1900. — historic print
The Old Manse, Concord, c1900.. Historic print from the Boston 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 print captures The Old Manse, Concord in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Old Manse, Concord

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Built as a parsonage in 1770, the Old Manse stands beside the Concord River, and its grounds overlook the North Bridge where colonial militia faced British troops in April 1775. The Rev. William Emerson, grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson, built it, and the younger Emerson lived there as a newlywed. Nathaniel Hawthorne later rented the house and wrote the sketches collected as *Mosses from an Old Manse*. This color photochrom, issued by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1900, shows the house in the saturated tones the process was known for.

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. 53549. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsEmerson, William,--1769-1811. Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882. Hawthorne, Nathaniel,--1804-1864. Dwellings.United States--Massachusetts--Concord.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,430 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217796

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