William P. Brooks homestead fireplace

Item Information

Title:
William P. Brooks homestead fireplace
Description:
View of a kitchen fireplace in the homestead and birthplace of William Penn Brooks (President, Mass. Agricultural College, 1905-1906) in Scituate (now Norwell), Massachusetts. It is believed that this homestead was built in or about 1723 by Nathaniel Brooks II. Nathaniel VI was the father of President Brooks. Note the hearth oven to the right.
Photographer:
Draper, Henry
Date:
[ca. 1963]
Format:
Photographs
Prints
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
University Photograph Collection
Series:
Series 1. Presidents
Subjects:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst--Presidents--Photographs
Massachusetts Agricultural College--Presidents--Photographs
Brooks, William P. (William Penn), 1851-1938
Extent:
1 photograph ; 9 x 13 cm.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg110_1-i0007126
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
murg110_1-i0007126