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Brick Oculus

DeTurk House, detail of pent hood & oculus (c.1931)
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Gable pent hood and oculus

DeTurk · c.1931

Digital image of photographic print (reproduced in printed material) showing gable detail of south facade. Details shown in this image include: slate roof, blind oculus, gabled hood, wooden shingles (hood), inscribed lintel, outlookers supporting hood roof structure, horizontal nailer for vertical gable boards. Original caption to photo reads: "DETA

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DeTurk House south elevation (1958)
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south elevation

DeTurk · August 1958

Digital image of DeTurk House from original photographic print showing south elevation. Brick oculus, currently blind, was probably originally a vent for the granary/storage attic. Gabled hood above the 2d floor loading door is presumed to be the original form. Other details include: horizontal plate-ties at eaves line, outlooker remnants and masonry pock

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Deturk House, south elevation (1973)
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South elevation

DeTurk · 04/14/1973

Digital image of original photograph taken by Steve Kindig. Image shows front view of house without pent hoods. Details include: pedimented hood above attic door, pent roof outlooker remnants, roughly coursed {n} stone gable wall, original brick oculus attic vent. {n} to be distinguished from “ashlar”, a more formal English wall pattern laid up with bl

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DeTurk House, south elevation view (c. 1990)
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South elevation view

DeTurk · c.1990

Black & white photographic print of DeTurk House showing a a south elevation view. Note on reverse of photo says "copyright [symbol] Steve Myers Studios 1990." Details shown in this image include: gabled pent hood, hyphenated pent roof, oculus, replicated two-board attic door with moldings applied to simulate a paneled door, the centered door at ground le

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Deturk House, SE perspective view (1941)
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Southeast perspective view

DeTurk · Summer 1941

Digital image of photographic print showing southeast perspective view of DeTurk House. Details include: brick oculus above gable hood, recently shingled pent roofs (SW corner shingles of west pent damaged), pedimented hood above attic door. The oculus [now bricked shut] was probably originally a vent for the attic storage area ("granary"). First floor an

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DeTurk House, perspective view from SE
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Southeast perspective view

DeTurk · Unknown

Digital image of photographic print deaccessioned by the Historical Society of Berks County. Image shows perspective view of east & south elevations of house and includes text in white ink overlay: "Johan De Tirck Debora De Tircken 1767 Oley, PA." Details include: pedimented hood over attic granary door, hyphenated pent roofs, shed-form pent hood ove

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DeTurk House SE perspective view (1958)
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southeast perspective views

DeTurk · August 1958

Digital image of perspective from the southeast of DeTurk House from original photographic print. Brick Oculus, currently "blind", was possibly originally a vent for the "granary" [ dry storage attic ]. Gabled hood framing is presumed to be original. Other details include: horizontal timber plate-ties at eaves line, outlooker remnants and masonry pockets

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Southwest perspective view
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Southwest perspective view

DeTurk · c.1900-1910

Digital image from photograph print of DeTurk House showing perspective view of south & west elevations and 19th-century addition to left, and related detail photos showing the original door, its original hardware, and the original door with remaining red paint on stiles and rails, and white paint on panel fields; the panel moldings were blue [microscopic an

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Image #1: Keim House, northwest perspective view, (c.1912)
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Two early photographic northwest perspective views, one southwest perspective view, and 3 interior attic detail views

Keim · c.1912 & 1897, 2016

The caption to image #1 as it appeared on page 2 of "American Folklife," (Vol. II, No. 5, February, 1974) the quarterly of the American Folklife Society, published by Richard Shaner, states in part: "This early photograph of the Lobachsville Keim Manor{1} house was taken in 1912 by the Reading Eagle. The couple on the extreme right are Mr. and Mrs. Shade, re

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