Ted Malone Collection

The side, front, and back of the two-story house which was the birthplace of Edward Eggleston in Vevay, Indiana. Stamped on the photograph in the upper right-hand corner, "Birthplace of Edward...

The three story brick birthplace of Eugene Field in St. Louis, Missouri. A sign to the left of the doorway reads, "Eugene Field Shrine." A plaque placed above the first story windows states, "Here was...

The three story brick birthplace of Eugene Field in St. Louis, Missouri. The third story is out of the photograph. A sign to the left of the doorway reads, "Eugene Field Shrine." A plaque placed above...

Bret Harte's "Honey - Moon" cottage in Santa Cruz, California is a one-story cottage covered with vines with many windows. A four-seat bench sits by the front door.

Two couples (white men and women) walk about the front of the Edgar Allan Poe cottage in the Bronx in New York City in New York. The city buildings are visible all around the cottage.

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and walkway with railing in the Bronx in New York City in New York.

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in the Bronx in New York City, New York with a tall apartment building visible behind his cottage. A sign by the entrance states, "Poe Cottage. The home of Edgar Allan Poe 1846...

Edgar Allan Poe Shrine in Richmond, Virginia is a rock, two-story cottage. A horse-head hitching post is in the sidewalk in front of the cottage. A plaque is attached to the wall by the front door...

Hamlin Garland house mostly obscured by trees in Hollywood, California..

Hamlin Garland house mostly obscured by trees and a wooden fence in Hollywood, California..

Henry Thoreau's house in Concord, Massachusetts is a two-story clapboard house with shutters on the windows and a metal fence spanning across the front. Likely a cement property marker is by the...

The exterior of the Mansard style home and library of William Dean Howell in Kittery Point, Maine (house at left, library at right).

The exterior of "The House of Genius," a Greenwich Village home that housed authors Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Eugene O'Neill, and Alan Seeger. An unidentified man wearing a fedora and an...

A photograph of a side of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts where the shop opening is. Most of the house is obscured by trees. The sign hanging over the entrance reads, "The Seven...

The exterior of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A woman and a man sit on opposite sides of a bench with their backs to the photographer; both wears straw hats. A few people are...

J.M. Heinold Saloon at 48 Webster Street, Oakland, California was a hangout of Jack London. A plain clapboard building with signage for draught beer and lunch. The proprietor's sign reads, "J.M...

James F. Cooper Museum, Cooperstown, New York.

James Whitcomb Riley's home in Greenfield, Indiana is a two story clapboard home with shutters by the windows, a porch that spans the front and two chimneys. There is a plank board fence across the...

Photograph of Joel Chandler Harris' home that he called "The Wren's House" in Atlanta, Georgia. A home with elaborate porches. The second story is mostly obscured by trees.

Louisa May Alcott's home called the Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts has many trees in the front yard and a cross-plank wooden fence.

The Mark Twain cabin in Mark Twain State Park in Monroe County, Missouri is a small clapboard home with only two front windows and a plain front door. In this photograph, the roof, porch, and...

O'Henry's (William S. Porter's) home at 55 Irving Place in New York City, New York was an apartment building above a cleaning service and above a restaurant. A 1939 Chrysler is parked in front.

O'Henry's (William S. Porter's) old house in Austin, Texas is a farm-style house with a sunburst roofline truss on the front, a few broken shutters, gingerbread accents around the porch, and a gated...

Henry Adams' mansion, called Peacefield or Old House, in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Several people sit on the benches and many prams are in front of those people (all white) along the sidewalk beside the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in the Bronx in New York City in New York. Two men stand...