GUSN-202349
Robert Gould Shaw leading the 54th Regiment is shown in the Memorial detail on Boston Common.
memorials
soldiers' monuments
civil wars
parks (recreation areas)
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: Shaw Monument. On Boston Common, Beacom St. opposite the State House. Stebbins-Gleason Purchase. 13 June 1931.
OVP Photo Database Number 137
OVP Number OVP0128
1 photographic print : black-and-white
PC001
General photographic collection
13 June 1931
PC001.01.TMP.128
15.5 x 20 (HxW)(inches)
Stebbins-Gleason purchase.
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 (Sculptor)
albumen prints
photographs
Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston, Mass.)
African-American soldiers
African Americans
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Monuments
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Park Street (Boston, Mass.)
Emulsion torn from support, top right edge; top right corner of mount worn; light staining on recto and verso of mount.
Item
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