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Herman Melville
Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: May 17, 2008
Caption: Herman Melville's Piazza
Additional Description: The Restoration of Melville's famous piazza (porch) was made possible by the Josephine B. Crane Foundation, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and the Melville Society in 1977. Melville is said to have taken part of his inspiration for Moby-Dick from the view of the mountain from his piazza at Arrowhead in Pittsfield, since its snow-covered profile reminded him of a great white Sperm Whale's back breaking the ocean's surface.
Submitted: June 27, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p114759
File Size: 1.086 Megabytes

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