The Witch House on Essex Street, Salem, photographed about 1901

The Witch House on Essex Street, Salem, photographed about 1901

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| Created / published | 1901 |
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| Notes | The Witch House on Essex Street, Salem, photographed about 1901. The signs read “Ye Old Witch House Antiques” and “Witch House Entrance.” The house belonged to Judge Jonathan Corwin, who sat on the 1692 court; twelve years before the first Salem witch films were shot, it was already selling tickets and antiques. Source: The Witch House, Salem. Detroit Photographic Co., ca. 1901; Detroit Publishing Co. no. 53634. Photochrom, color. 40; digital id det 4a31667. No known restrictions on publication. |
| Subjects | Figure 7.3 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 5,370 × 3,992 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | Fig 7.3 F0703a Witch_House_Salem_1901 |
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