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View of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Boston Common, Boston, Mass., undated

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Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston / Shaw Memorial

GUSN

GUSN-196970

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Description

The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, at the corner of Beacon and Park Streets, is seen in this photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

memorials
soldiers' monuments
civil wars
parks (recreation areas)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001799
AccessID 3776
Other identifier HNEDID-001799

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2620.001

Places

Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.) (Photographer)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 (Sculptor)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

Subjects

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston, Mass.)
African-American soldiers
African Americans
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Monuments
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Park Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston / Shaw Memorial

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