Meeting Street

Description:

Photograph looking north on Meeting Street toward St. Michael's Church (71 Broad) visible in the distance. The facade of the Nathaniel Russell House (51 Meeting) can be seen on the left with the domed steeples of First (Scots) Presbyterian Church (53 Meeting) and the Branford-Horry House (59 Meeting) just beyond it. The image was shot from the second floor (or attic) of the photographer's home (47 Meeting). Paine recorded the photographic information on reverse, "Test Negative 1/1/37 H.P. Graflex 5x7. 10 1/2 T.R. Lens #117469 Porter. Pan Film under Glass. No filter. Hazy, no sun. 12:45. Focus on center house A20 IF. develpd in P.M.C. 11. M.Q. F6.8. 1/60the sec. Flat Negative. weak. Pyro Focus'd on rear glass. OK. - Lens defective, badly blurred Left edge - Focus poor. Too far on Steeple."

• Title: Meeting Street
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: January 1, 1937

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 8787

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