Birch Knoll, Franklin, Massachusetts

Calkin, R. J. · 1895–1905

This album is embossed with "Birch Knoll, Franklin, Massachusetts" on the cover. The album contains seventeen black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of a home owned by Anna Wilkinson Rathbun taken around 1900. The photographs in this album are all stamped by the photographer R. J. Calkin of Franklin, Mass. Each photograph shows wonderful detail in furnishings, rugs, paintings, woodwork, and decor, giving insights into the family's domestic life (see pages 8 and 9 for wallpaper). One room has many drawings on the wall indicating someone in the family may have studied art. Another room shows an interest in sports, with golf clubs hanging on the wall.