Detail View: Savannah Stereoview Collection: Dr. Habersham's Residence, Orleans Square, Savannah
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Title:
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Dr. Habersham's Residence, Orleans Square, Savannah
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Description:
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Black and white stereograph card with double image affixed to yellow backing paper. The back also is covered in yellow paper with title information written in ink. Photographer is unknown. Habersham House was designed by noted architect William Jay and built in the 1810s for Archibald S. Bulloch. It was located on Barnard Street facing Orleans Square. Robert Habersham, a wealthy Savannah merchant and planter, purchased the house in 1834. The family owned the house until 1905. It was purchased in 1915 by the city of Savannah to build a municipal auditorium.
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Subject:
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Dwellings
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Subject:
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Historic buildings
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Date:
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1870-1890
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Coverage:
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Savannah (Ga.)
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Coverage:
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Georgia
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Language:
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English
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Type:
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Still Image
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Extent:
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3 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches
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Format/Medium:
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Stereographs
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Format/Medium:
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Albumen prints
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Source:
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Savannah Stereoview Collection, MS 018, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Relation:
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Catalog Record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1268931
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Rights:
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Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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