The witch house, Salem – Historic Print
(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 photograph of The witch house, Salem. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The witch house, Salem
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Few buildings in New England are as closely tied to the 1692 witch trials as the house on Essex Street that became known as the Witch House. Built in 1675, it belonged to the magistrate Jonathan Corwin, who sat in judgment on accused witches and questioned some of them in its rooms. By about 1911, when this view was made, the old timber-framed house was a point of interest for tourists and was partly occupied by antique dealers, as the subject heading notes. The Detroit Photographic Company, which issued many picture-postcard-style views of American towns, sold such images to visitors eager to see Salem's historic sites.
| Created / published | c1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic. print. |
| Genre | Photographic. prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 013113. |
| Subjects | Antique dealers--Massachusetts--Salem--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165495 |
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