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Fair of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, in aid of the Building Fund, at the Music Hall, Dec. 21st to 30th 1858

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

GUSN

GUSN-223381

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Description

An interior view of a fair held in the Boston Music Hall by the Boston Youth Men's Christian Organization. The Boston Music Hall is now the Orpheum Theatre.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
fairs
music halls
fund raising
prints (visual works)

Inscription

Boston Music Hall
Hamilton Place (handwritten)
Anonymous 14 Nov 1925 (handwritten)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and engravings number PR 82

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1925-11-14

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2050.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

13 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford’s Lith (Lithographer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Boston Young Men's Christian Association

Subjects

Hamilton Place (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

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