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[Braeme House wellhouse, Clinton, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise. – Vintage Wall Art

[Braeme House wellhouse, Clinton, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise., [between 1935 and 1939] — historic drawing
[Braeme House wellhouse, Clinton, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise., [between 1935 and 1939]. Historic drawing from the Home & Household 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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Step back in time with [Braeme House wellhouse, Clinton, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise., a historic drawing rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Braeme House wellhouse, Clinton, Louisiana] / Alvyk Boyd Cruise.

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Tucked into the grounds of the Braeme House in Clinton, Louisiana, this wellhouse was recorded by Alvyk Boyd Cruise in a watercolor made between 1935 and 1939. The Historic American Buildings Survey, a New Deal program launched in 1933, hired artists and draftsmen to document older American buildings and their outbuildings. Renderings like this one show materials, proportions and construction details clearly. Well houses sheltered a household's water supply, so the drawing preserves a working part of domestic life that is often overlooked.

Created / published[between 1935 and 1939]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors 1930-1940.Drawings Color 1930-1940.
NotesHistoric American Buildings Survey, LA 19 Clint 3. No. 363. Forms part of the Historic American Buildings Survey collection.
SubjectsWells--Louisiana--Clinton--1930-1940. Well houses--Louisiana--Clinton--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,142 × 1,455 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218808

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