{"id":16232,"date":"2018-11-23T06:52:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T03:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=16232"},"modified":"2018-11-23T06:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T03:52:47","slug":"friday-picture-postals-from-lovecraft-marblehead-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/friday-picture-postals-from-lovecraft-marblehead-historical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday &#8220;picture postals&#8221; from Lovecraft: Marblehead Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lovecraft visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hplovecraft.com\/study\/articles\/mrblhd.pdf\">Marblehead<\/a> many times, and it was one of his favourite places.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/marblehead-hist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/marblehead-hist.jpg?w=529\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"815\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marblehead Historical Society, Lee Mansion.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/leemansion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/leemansion.jpg?w=529\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This time the Lee Mansion was open, and I came nigh to fainting at its sheer BRITANNICK [British] magnificence. No fumbling provincial workmanship here, but sumptuous carvings, mantels, balustrades, and wainscotting, made by the finest artisans of OLD ENGLAND, and wrought in solid mahogany. You must see them, Sonny! The luxuriously <em>perfect<\/em> artistry of every line of this classical abode leaves the spectator virtually breathless!&#8221; &mdash; Lovecraft in <em>Selected Letters<\/em> I, page 235.<\/p>\n<p>Also the old Town Hall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/marblehead1910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/marblehead1910.jpg?w=529\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"846\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovecraft visited Marblehead many times, and it was one of his favourite places. Marblehead Historical Society, Lee Mansion. &#8220;This time &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/friday-picture-postals-from-lovecraft-marblehead-historical-society\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-postals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}