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Exterior view of the Brattle Street Church, Brattle Square

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1871

GUSN

GUSN-202294

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Description

Oblique exterior view of the Brattle Street Church, Brattle Square, with an unidentified man standing on a street corner opposite the church. A carriage is parked in front of the City Hotel (right, rear).

Details

Descriptive Terms

urban environments
traffic signs
exterior views
shadows
city blocks
churches (buildings)
church towers
Palladian windows
façades
religious buildings
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: Old Brattle St. Church 1858; Verso of mount: Brattle St. Church, Boston Est. Jane N. Grew 13 Aug. 1920 [in a different hand, in ink:] Brattle St. Church. Boston. Gift of Estate Mrs. Jane N. Grew 13 August 1920.

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 81
OVP Number OVP0024.2

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

13 August 1920

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.024-2

Image Dimensions

16.6 x 12.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of Mrs. Jane N. Grew.

Record Details

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Subjects

Boston (Mass.)
Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.)
Brattle Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Restrictions

Edges of mount lightly soiled.

Description Level

Item

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