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The Witch House, Salem – Historic Reproduction

The Witch House, Salem, c1901. — historic print
The Witch House, Salem, c1901.. 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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A window into the past: The Witch House, Salem, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The Witch House in Salem, Massachusetts, is distinguished here by its signs: "Ye Old Witch House Antiques" hangs over one door and "Witch House Entrance" over the other, showing that by about 1901 the building was trading on its association with the 1692 witch trials. The house, built in the 1640s for Jonathan Corwin, a magistrate who questioned accused witches, drew steady curiosity from visitors. This photochrom, a early color process, was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose album of such views also served as a catalog for its office.

Created / publishedc1901.
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. 53634. Sign over left door: Ye Old Witch House Antiques... Sign over right door: Witch House Entrance. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
SubjectsAntique stores. Dwellings.United States--Massachusetts--Salem.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 725 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-78873

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