Image of an eye-level street view of a three-story Victorian house in Mentor, Ohio, of with a porch, lawn, trees, and a white picket fence, showing pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages on the dirt road out front. The house, known as Lawnfield, was home to United States President James Garfield from 1876 to 1881. Item untitled; title and location supplied by cataloger from printed title on copy in the Prints and Photographs division of the Library of Congress. "From a Sketch by Sam. S. Frizzell"--text, bottom left margin. "J.H. Bufford's Sons Publishers Boston & New York"--text, bottom margin centered. "Copyright 1881 by J.H. Bufford's Sons."--text, bottom right margin. "Artist's proof / J.H. Bufford's Sons"--text, handwritten in ink, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 45.72 x 55.25 cm (18 x 21 3/4 in.)
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Mentor (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Dwellings--Pictorial works Historic buildings--Pictorial works Residential streets--Pictorial works Annotations Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Artists' proofs. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc) Proofs. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Middle West The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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