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"Old Bldgs. & stuff. Scott County, Miss. Sept. 6, 1993. The old Searcy home of the dogtrot style popular in rural Mississippi during the 1800's. This house remains sound over a century after it was built. Made of virgin yellow pine heartwood - rich in turpentine - these beams and boards dried and aged into a natural gray color and decay resistant structure which needed neither paint nor preservative. Photos by Ed Blake." Two photographs on one board.
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"Old Bldgs. & stuff. Scott County, Miss. Sept. 6, 1993. The old Searcy home of the dogtrot style popular in rural Mississippi during the 1800's. This house remains sound over a century after it was built. Made of virgin yellow pine heartwood - rich in turpentine - these beams and boards dried and aged into a natural gray color and decay resistant structure which needed neither paint nor preservative. Photos by Ed Blake." Two photographs on one board.
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- Item: 726
- Description: "Old Bldgs. & stuff. Scott County, Miss. Sept. 6, 1993. The old Searcy home of the dogtrot style popular in rural Mississippi during the 1800's. This house remains sound over a century after it was built. Made of virgin yellow pine heartwood - rich in turpentine - these beams and boards dried and aged into a natural gray color and decay resistant structure which needed neither paint nor preservative. Photos by Ed Blake." Two photographs on one board.
- Creator(s): Blake, Edward L.
- Date: 1993-09-06
- City/State: Mississippi
- County: Scott County
- Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
- Filename: 124884-photo.tif