ca. 1965
GUSN-202236
Eye-level view of the corner of Beacon Street and Joy Street, wintertime, as seen from Boston Common. A woman is walking with an umbrella (foreground, right). Snow is on the ground.
walking
winter
exterior views
street lighting
eye-level views
urban parks
dwellings
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Recto of mount: Winter Afternoon Boston [signed by photographer:] Kay Knowles; Verso of mount: [stamped with photographer's name and address:] KATHERINE KNOWLES 45 GROVE ST. BOSTON 14, MASS. LA 3-1408 PHOTOGRAPHER [in pencil:] $7.50 {Beacon St. corner of Joy St. Identified by Robert Severy December 15, 2000 Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. 10 December 1996}
OVP Photo Database Number 23
OVP Number OVP0028.B
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
10 December 1996
PC001.01.TMP.028-B
10.5 x 11.125 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Earle Shettleworth, Jr.
Knowles, Katherine (Photographer)
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Snow
Women
Beacon Hill (neighborhood)
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Joy Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Recto scratched; mount extremely brittle, with pieces from all four edges missing; top and bottom edges of mount torn; bottom left corner of mount creased; improperly fixed (?)
Item
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