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Rare original cabinet card showing the Smyth-Packard House in the 1880s. It is now The Bowdoin College Russwurm African American Center, located at 6 College St. in Brunswick, Maine . It was originally built in 1827 for Alpheus Spring Packard Sr., who in 1836 sold half to William Smyth. William Smyth was an abolitionist, education reformer & amateur architect, and used this home to hide slaves escaping to Canada. Packard was a professor for more than 40 years at Bowdoin College.
6.5" x 4.25", good or very good antique condition. Light waviness.
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8246B
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