Details
Poet James Whitcomb Riley's home in Greenfield, Indiana is a two story clapboard home with a one story addition to the back all with shutters by the windows, a porch that spans the front and two chimneys. There is a plank board fence around the yard. There is an outbuilding in side the fence in the back yard. A sign in the yard by the road reads, "Birthplace and home of the Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley born Oct. 7, 1849."
Date Published
1940-03-10
Time Periods
Subjects, Geographic
Notes
March 10, 1940 (air date)
Handwritten on the back, "Retouch to take out lettering on front. James Whitcomb Riley Old Home society."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 13 x 18 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_malone_photos-240.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
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