ca. 1925
GUSN-202272
Close-up view of a tablet commemorating the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, as mounted in honor of George Hearst and Pheobe Appleton Hearst in the Memorial Close of Old North Church, Salem Street.
commemoratives
eye-level views
views (visual works)
plaques (flat objects)
churches (buildings)
closes (cathedral)
religious buildings
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Recto of mount: [signed by photographer:] Weber Boston [attached caption:] [typed:] PHOTOGRAPH BY WEBER OF THE COMMEMORATIVE TABLET TO THE CONSTITUTION IN THE MEMORIAL CLOSE OF THE OLD NORTH CHURCH; Verso of mount: Belongs to Mr. Charles W. French. [stamped by photographer:] PAUL J. WEBER ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER BOSTON (24) MASS {file oversize. Christ Church. Salem St. Boston}
OVP Photo Database Number 59
OVP Number OVP0059.B
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.01.TMP.059-B
11.25 x 8.5 (HxW)(inches)
Weber, Paul J. (Photographer)
gelatin silver prints
photographs
American symbols
Boston (Mass.)
Salem Street (Boston, Mass.)
Oxidative-reductive deterioration; mount creased and dirty; attached caption torn.
Item
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