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Object Number 59-50-20/74011.1.389
Display Title Casa de Montejo, the oldest private home in N. America
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Montejos house, Merida / Built 1549 / See note on back of H7306.1 / E. Thompson c.1890 (verso) Apr. 19, 1890 / Henry N. Sweet, Boston.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Urban Center
  • Structure and Furnishing
Subject
  • Dwelling
Department Photographic
Date 1890
Artist Edward Herbert Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / Merida
Dimensions Overall: 18.0975 × 15.5575 cm (7 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

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Casa de Montejo, the oldest private house in N. America
59-50-20/74011.1.388 Casa de Montejo, the oldest private house in N. America
Merida
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Montejo's house at Merida
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Plaza
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View of central plaza
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Merida
Governor's Palace, Merida
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Street scene
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Commercial street
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Media Restricted
2004.29.1322 Alongside railroad showing levels of earth and private homes.
New Jersey