[John Hancock House, Boston, Mass.] [George Ticknor House, Boston, Mass.] [graphic]. [1890]

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[John Hancock House, Boston, Mass.] [George Ticknor House, Boston, Mass.] [graphic]. [1890]

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Two photographs of old Boston homes. One photograph depicts the John Hancock house on Beacon Street; the other photograph shows the George Ticknor residence on Park Street (originally built by Charles Bulfinch for Thomas Amory).

2 photographic prints on paper pasted down on one sheet ; prints 16 x 10 cm., sheet 26 x 21 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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