ca. 1885
Verticale file 4: OVR 1-10
GUSN-250375
This black and white lithograph shows a prospective view of the Charles River Basin. The top half is a map of the Basin area and park system. A legend is included at the bottom which describes a plan for developing the river frontage. Engraved for Charles Davenport - first Projector of Embankment.
parks (recreation areas)
plans (maps)
maps
rivers
views (visual works)
1 lithograph
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
1923-12-07
GC002.02.007b
Gift
47 x 25 (HxW)(inches)
Charles River Basin (Massachusetts) [reservoir]
New Boston (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
J. H. Bufford's Sons, Litho. (Boston, Mass) (Lithographer)
Davenport, Charles
fair, tears in margin.
Item
Verticale file 4: OVR 1-10
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