[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.

[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.

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[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.
[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.
[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.
[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.
[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.
[Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts] [glass negative]: view from the Sears family home, looking west, with Beacon Street outside the image on the right.

Object Details

Photographer

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

Collection Creator

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

Sears & Wendell

Olmsted Brothers

Harvard University

American Society of Landscape Architects

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

sova.aag.srs_ref5010

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69b25e255-8e08-4bed-b192-634f51442ca6

General

The image appears to have been taken from an upstairs window or the roof of the Sears family home at 2 Charles Street (now 1269 Beacon Street). The Charles Stearns house is on the right with its barn or carriage house on the left, while Aspinwall Hill is in the distance. Harvard Street runs roughly left to right in the middle of the picture.

Place

Massachusetts -- Brookline

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline

Topic

Winter

Urban areas

Houses

Carriage houses

Photographer

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

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Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection

Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / Massachusetts / MA126: Brookline -- Miscellaneous Sites in Brookline, Massachusetts

Extent

1 Glass negative (black-and-white, 5 x 7 in.)

Date

[between 1897 and 1910]

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.SRS, Item MA126025

Type

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Collection Rights

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Genre/Form

Glass negatives

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

AAG.SRS_ref5010

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69b25e255-8e08-4bed-b192-634f51442ca6

AAG.SRS

AAG

Record ID

ebl-1562707900944-1562707901874-2

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