Author: No Author
Title: Two Black and White Photos of a Fire, Possibly in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Circa Late 1800s, Early 1900s
Description: No Place, No Publisher. Unbound. Two black and white photos of a fire, possibly in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Circa late 1800s, early 1900s. Photos measure 6 ¾ by 4 ½ inches mounted on cream colored decorative matte boards measuring 9 by 7 inches. One photo bears a handwritten caption on the reverse indicating an '[illegible] street fire Portsmouth Ci.' This shows several large wood buildings, perhaps apartment houses in smoke, with a large pile of wooden chairs and other items in the fore ground, as well as people grouped around the buildings. With a horse drawn fire carriage at the front right of the photo. The second photo perhaps shows the aftermath, with three brick chimneys standing among smoldering rubble. This is shot from a height somewhat above the scene, with houses seen in the background. Several people can be seen among the rubble. The photos are in GOOD condition, although the mattes are in POOR condition. Minor soiling, foxing, toning and rubbing to the photos. Heavy foxing, spotting and staining to the mattes, with an area of dampstaining along the lower left edges of both. A piece is torn off from the lower right corner of the matte corresponding with the rubble photo. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Portsmouth New Hampshire Photographs


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