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Jethro Coffin Home Kitchen

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View of kitchen 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 fireplace with mantle, dresser, table, chairs, bench and other wooden furniture. There is a small smoker in the fireplace, and a rifle above the mantle. In the next room is a wooden cradle.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 13 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Call Number (A6)01178

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W011KAU
Legacy ID
WHi 71393

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