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Mill Grove, Audubon, Pa. Home of J. J. Audubon built 1762, now owned by Mr. Wetherill. [graphic].
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Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title
Mill Grove, Audubon, Pa. Home of J. J. Audubon built 1762, now owned by Mr. Wetherill. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date
ca. 1920
Physical Description
1 negative: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description
Exterior view of Mill Grove, partially hidden by trees in the foreground. Built in 1762, purchased by Captain Jean Audubon in 1789 and occupied in 1803 by his son John James Audubon. Audubon was an artist, author and naturalist and was best known for his bird preservation work and published bird drawings, "Birds of America". Samuel Wetherill acquired the property in 1813 to supply lead for his paint manufacturing company.
Notes
Inscribed in negative: 2744.
Title from negative sleeve.
Subject
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 -- Homes and haunts.
Wetherill family -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Audubon.
Geographic subject
Pawling Road (Audubon, Pa.)
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.49]
Accession number
P.9259.49
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Alfred Hand Photographic Negative Collection
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