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Stable, Charles Street, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Charles St.

GUSN

GUSN-198318

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Description

This heliotype features a a front exterior view, with floor plans of the stable in the upper left corner. Horse-drawn carriages and horses enter and leave the stable, while a West End Metropolitan trolley drives by.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
floor plans
stables (animal housing)
horse-drawn vehicles
trolley cars
streets
heliotypes (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR40

Physical Description

1 heliotype

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1934-03-20

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1500.002

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Walter K. Watkins, 1934

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Lewis, W. Whitney (Architect)
James R. Osgood and Company (Printer)
Rodger, J. (Delineator)

Material Type

heliotypes (prints)
prints (visual works)

Descriptive Terms

Rodger, artist
James R. Osgood and Co., engraver
Boston

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Charles St.

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