Quillcote interior - sitting room

Photograph

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Quillcote interior - sitting room

Entry/Object ID

1993.21.205

Description

Glass plate negative photo of the interior of the Quillcote house, author Kate Douglas Wiggin's residence in Hollis, Maine. The back side of the negative has a section of a postcard pasted on. "Poor Neg" is written in pencil on the postcard section. The photographer Bradbury was likely sizing these photos to create postcards. This image of "The Seven Doored Sitting Room" has appeared on postcards. Many of these postcards of Quillcote are still widely available today and sold by antique ephemera dealers.

Made/Created

Artist

Bradbury Jr., Gibeon E.

Date made

circa 1913 - circa 1923

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Width

6-1/2 in