Photograph
Jethro Coffin Home Keeping Room
| View of the keeping room in the Jethro Coffin home. Jethro Coffin was a blacksmith and the grandson of one of the island's first white settlers, Tristam Coffin. Built in 1686 the house remains the oldest house on Nantucket. Room features a brick fireplace, table, several Shaker-style chairs and a child's Shaker-style chair. A hanging kettle is in the fireplace, and a bedwarmer is next to the fireplace. |
| Image ID: | 71395 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Nantucket |
| County: | |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Collection Name: | Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (A6)01180 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| Home |
| Tableware |
| Chairs |
| Fireplaces |
| Furniture |
| Housing |
| Interior architecture |
| Interior decoration |
| Books |
| Indoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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