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Title: Rear View of the Winchester Mystery House
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910-1920
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Publication Information: Pacific Novelty Company
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Rear view of the Winchester Mystery House. In the foreground is a grape arbor. Mrs. Sarah Winchester purchased a small 8-room farmhouse here in 1884 and commenced a series of additions and building projects that did not cease until the 1906 earthquake. Her efforts left a sprawling 160-room mansion. After her death the new owner renamed the mansion "The Winchester Mystery House" and developed it as a tourist attraction.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image and 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed to JPEG format using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/199
Language: English
Subject: Mansions
Tourism
Historic buildings
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Historic Postcard Collection

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