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Sparrow Jack HouseEntry/Object ID
2014.24.1Description
Black and white cabinet card of the Sparrow Jack House, located just north of Upsal Street, on the west side of the 6500 block of Germantown Avenue. On the back is a label of the old Site and Relic Society- predecessor to the Germantown Historical Society- with "'Sparrow Jack's House.' The Home of John Bardsley, a Painter by Trade, who some 45 years ago was sent to England and through the influence of Germantown's then Councilman William F. Smith, to bring over the sparrows to destroy the caterpillars, then infesting the trees of the city." Exact date unknown, but perhaps circa 1900-1905.Photograph Details
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Print Size: 3.5 x 5"