Audubon House in Key West. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Audubon House in Key West seen in a postcard view. It stands today as it stood in the 1830's when its windows overlooked a page unique in American history. Its owner, master pilot John Geiger, played host to naturalist James Audubon, who produced many of his famous bird paintings in the upstairs study. The house has been completely restored by Miami businesman Mitchell Wolfson, a Key West native, who has filled the historic building with antiques and treasures of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the rare four-volume "elephant-folio" by Audubon. Audubon House in Key West seen in a postcard view. It stands today as it stood in the 1830's when its windows overlooked a page unique in American history. Its owner, master pilot John Geiger, played host to naturalist James Audubon, who produced many of his famous bird paintings in the upstairs study. The house has been completely restored by Miami businesman Mitchell Wolfson, a Key West native, who has filled the historic building with antiques and treasures of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the rare four-volume "elephant-folio" by Audubon. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Geiger, John United States Wolfson, Mitchell Florida--Monroe County--Key West Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Audubon House in Key West.
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Audubon House in Key West seen in a postcard view. It stands today as it stood in the 1830's when its windows overlooked a page unique in American history. Its owner, master pilot John Geiger, played host to naturalist James Audubon, who produced many of his famous bird paintings in the upstairs study. The house has been completely restored by Miami businesman Mitchell Wolfson, a Key West native, who has filled the historic building with antiques and treasures of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the rare four-volume "elephant-folio" by Audubon.
Audubon House in Key West seen in a postcard view. It stands today as it stood in the 1830's when its windows overlooked a page unique in American history. Its owner, master pilot John Geiger, played host to naturalist James Audubon, who produced many of his famous bird paintings in the upstairs study. The house has been completely restored by Miami businesman Mitchell Wolfson, a Key West native, who has filled the historic building with antiques and treasures of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the rare four-volume "elephant-folio" by Audubon.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Geiger, John
United States
Wolfson, Mitchell
Florida--Monroe County--Key West
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection