ca. 1875
OVP-M-01 - OVP0001
GUSN-202215
Beacon Street can be seen with houses on the left side and the Boston Common on the right. A label on the item verso reads "A.H. Rickards, 35 Congress Street, in care of janitor, photos in old Boston."
streetscapes
exterior views
row houses
dwellings
houses
sidewalks
commons
parks (recreation areas)
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: From A. H. Rickards Congress St. 70 Janitor Photos in Old Boston Beacon St. Boston looking up Beacon Hill, from slightly above Charles St. [affixed label:] [printed:] A. H. Rickards 36 Congress Street, In care of Janitor. Photos in OLD BOSTON. {copy neg. #15880-B OVP [circled:] 1}
OVP Photo Database Number 1
OVP Number OVP0001
Negative Number 15880-B
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
05 May 1927
PC001.01.TMP.001
Gift
10.125 x 13.25 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of the Estate of Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow.
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
albumen prints
photographs
Architectural photography
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Charles Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Recto of mount warped and stained.
Item
OVP-M-01 - OVP0001
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