Joshua Crosby's House, Tonset, Cape Cod, Mass.

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Title:
Joshua Crosby's House, Tonset, Cape Cod, Mass.
Description:
Here lived Joshua Crosby, who commanded a quarter-deck gun on the Frigate Constitution in her fight with the Guerriere in the War of 1812. He ran away as a boy and was with Perry at Lake Erie. When he came home he was keeper of the old Nauset light for a time.
Date:
[ca. 1930–1945]
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Genre:
Postcards
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Series:
Massachusetts Postcards
Subjects:
Houses
Places:
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Orleans
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Cape Cod (area)
Extent:
1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5q47s710n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
(Photo by Hicks) Pub. by H. L. Moore Co., West Yarmouth, Mass. Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass.
Notes:
Title from item.
Accession #:
06_10_001712
Identifier:
76204