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Old Feather Store, North St.

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1893

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: North Street

GUSN

GUSN-198519

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Description

This etching depicts a detailed corner view of the Old Feather Store, formerly located at North Street and Dock Square. There are wagons in the foreground. The Old Feather Store was demolished in 1860.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mercantile buildings
stores
wagons (cargo vehicles)
prints (visual works)
etchings (prints)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR140

Physical Description

1 etching

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1919-05

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2650.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

11.5 x 9 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Haven, 1919

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Blaney, Henry R. (Etcher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
etchings (prints)

Subjects

North Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dock Square (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: North Street

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