Photographs of American architecture, 1886-1899 (inclusive).

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Photographs of American architecture, 1886-1899 (inclusive).

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Consists of 11 scrapbooks containing approximately 500 photographs of interior and exterior views of houses and public buildings, mostly in northeastern United States (Mass., N.H., R.I., Conn., N.Y. and Pa.). Many of the views are unidentified, though one volume consists primarily of the work of Henry H. Richardson. Six of the volumes contain the signature of Edmund R. Willson and are dated 1898 and 1899. An additional three scrapbooks of photographs of French architecture are signed and dated Sept. and Oct. 1886.

ca. 4 linear ft. (14 v.)

Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library

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Harvard University, Frances Loeb Library

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Harvard University

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Willson, Edmund R., 1856-1906

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Edmund Russell Willson earned his Harvard AB in 1875 From the description of Account book, 1874-1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509863 Edmund Willson was born in Roxbury, Mass.; educated at Harvard, and following graduation in 1875, entered "Boston Tech" as an architectural student; later studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Beginning a professional career in Providence, R.I., Willson established an independent office. In 1890, he joined the firm ...

Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886

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Architect Henry Hobson Richardson was born and raised in Louisiana. He attended Harvard College (class of 1859) and was the second American to enroll in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon his return in 1866, he opened a small office in New York City in partnership with Charles Gambrill. In 1872 he received the design commission for Trinity Church in Boston and in 1874 he moved his home and office to Brookline to handle his growing practice in New England. The following years were to be the ...