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Title
Interior view showing the room in which Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester died in the Winchester "Mystery" House, Santa Clara, California, 1923
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1923
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an interior view showing the room in which Mrs. Sarah L. Winchester in the Winchester "Mystery" House, Santa Clara (near San Jose), California, 1923. The floor is bare. The walls are covered with a textured wallpaper. The ceiling is covered with tin or plaster panels. A round ribbed cornice runs around the perimeter of the room. A metal pipe light fixture in the shape of a horizontal "X" hangs down from the ceiling. A fireplace with a granite or marble surround is inset in a small alcove in one wall of the room. The doorway to an adjoining corridor is at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15779
USC-1-1-1-14361 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2947
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15779
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2947.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Santa Clara County--Winchester "Mystery" House
Winchester "Mystery" House
Winchester Home
Winchester Spirit House
Housing areas
Time Period
1923
Place
California
San Jose
Santa Clara
USA
Source
1-51- [Microfiche number]
2947 [Accession number]
CHS-2947 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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