ca. 1860
GUSN-202304
View of Mount Vernon Street from Walnut Street. An unidentified man, possibly in uniform, is standing on the sidewalk. Wrought iron and wood tree guards and grilles are installed on the street.
uniforms
Costume (Hierarchy Name)
exterior views
street lighting
ironwork (objects)
row houses
dwellings
fences
sidewalks
façades
grilles (barrier elements)
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: North Side Mt. Vernon St. Boston looking down from Walnut Street {Gift of Mrs. Alex S. Porter 11 April 1919}
OVP Photo Database Number 91
OVP Number OVP0047
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
11 April 1919
PC001.01.TMP.047
21.5 x 16.5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mrs. Alex Porter.
albumen prints
photographs
Men
Beacon Hill (neighborhood)
Boston (Mass.)
Mount Vernon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Emulsion flaking from support along bottom and bottom left edges; scratched; a few small stains on recto.
Item
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