Paulding and Requa Houses

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Paulding and Requa Houses

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.25

Description

Positive image of two clapboard houses, Paulding and Requa, on dirt road: two identical-sized glass plates bound by black tape; front plate with image of Paulding House on left and Requa House on right; Paulding House is a two-story five-bay domestic structure with central door and roof of two pitches, chimney above second bay, all windows but the second-story center window with closed shutters; picket fence runs between houses; Requa House is a one-story four-bay domestic structure with columned front porch, two windows left of front door with open shutters; one window right of front door with closed shutters, chimney on left side; large trees directly in front of houses; dirt road bordered by rocks directly in front of trees; wood fence in foreground left corner; fence(?) between houses in background; entire image surrounded by black border; back plate clear. Inscriptions: In image, in white below Paulding House, "Paulding House," below Requa House, "Requa House." Small white oval label with red border lower left corner.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1900

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Depth

1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 4 x 1/8 in. (8.3 x 10.2 x 0.3 cm)

Material

Collodion emulsion, Glass, Tape

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Plates soiled; tape intact; plates pressing against each other on right; tape edges between slides visible on back sides.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 30B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial