26 August 1876
GUSN-202284
Interior view of Faneuil Hall prior to the Semi-Centennial Dinner given by the occupants of Faneuil Hall Market. Banquet tables are set with candles and flowers. A banner hanging on the back wall reads, "50th Anniversary."
events
food
banners
festoon (motif)
celebrations
flowers (plants)
interior views
busts (figures)
tableware
dining tables
chairs (furniture forms)
lamps (lighting devices)
paintings (visual works)
markets (structures)
commercial buildings
tables (support furniture)
albumen prints
photographs
Recto of mount: [printed caption:] 1826. Interior View of Faneuil Hall previous to the Semi-Centennial Dinner given by the occupants of Faneuil Hall Market, August 26, 1876. 1876 [printed with photographer's name:] BLACK & CO. PHOTOS.; Verso of mount: Found between the walls of his house (built ca. 1870) at Cape Split {Gift of Allen Thompson, Cape Split, Addison, Maine July, 1987 copy neg. #14389-B}
OVP Photo Database Number 71
OVP Number OVP0014.A
Negative Number 14389-B
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
July 1987
PC001.01.TMP.014-A
16.75 x 20.875 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Allen Thompson, Addison, Maine.
Black & Co. (Photographer)
albumen prints
photographs
Semi-centennials
Boston (Mass.)
Liquid stains across print and mount; grid-like staining on bottom left corner of mount; heavy horizontal crease across center of print; foxing; enclosed in Mylar.
Item
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