ca. 1855
GUSN-202300
View of Bulfinch Row and Park Street residences (left) and Boston Common (right) from the steps of the Massachusetts State House. The steeple of the Park Street Church is visible. A fountain is in the foreground.
urban environments
exterior views
steeples (building components)
street lighting
ironwork (objects)
streets
urban parks
city blocks
fountains
dwellings
fences
chimneys (architectural elements)
façades
salted paper prints
photographs
Recto: [countermarked with name of paper manufacturer:] J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1855; Verso of mount: Park and Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts identified by R. Severy 1/15/1980
OVP Photo Database Number 87
OVP Number OVP0051
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.01.TMP.051
17.25 x 23.25 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Southworth & Hawes (Photographer)
salted paper prints
photographs
Beacon Hill (neighborhood)
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Park Street (Boston, Mass)
Architectural photography
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Adhesive residue and staining along left edge of print and mount; bottom left corner creased (where mount missing); light staining across top third of print.
Item
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