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Parlour interior of unidentified house, probably a military officer's residence, Halifax

Piers note: No. 401. Residences of Military People, etc.: Interior of a Parlour or Drawing-room, no doubt in residence of some military officer; showing the degenerate style of then "modern" (Victorian) furniture and furnishings with gas-lighting, in many houses at that period in Halifax; location of house unknown, about 1875-80.

Date.: ca. 1878

Reference: Royal Engineers Nova Scotia Archives number 7038 (Piers 401) / negative N-1490

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