1905-1917
photo albums 240A & 240B
GUSN-284177
240A
Bound album of postcards labeled on cover Cambridge, Back Bay and The Fenway.
223 colored and black and white postcards dating from 1905-1917, many written with postmarks and some with dealer prices.
Covers Boston and Cambridge locations, mostly labeled. Cambridge views include MIT, Harvard University, Central Square, Harvard Square, Harvard Stadium, Robert Lowell House, Charles River boathouses.
Back Bay cards include street views, Public Garden, landmarks and churches including Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library. Hotels - Ritz-Carlton, Hotel Vendome, Hotel Brunswick, Copley Plaza, including some unlabeled modern day snapshots which could be the Copley Plaza. Hotel dining rooms - The Georgian and Hotel Lenox. Back Bay street views of Commonwealth Avenue with the statues on the mall. Also Christian Science church, Symphony Hall and other landmarks along Huntington Avenue. The Fenway includes Simmons College, Mrs. Gardner's Palace, and the Museum of Fine Arts, and the hospitals. Other locations include Coolidge Corner, Brookline, Brighton, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Roxbury, and South Boston. Beach scenes from Revere Beach, Winthrop Beach, and Nantasket Beach. Outside of Boston are a few cards from Marblehead, Salem and The Samoset in Rockland Maine.
university and college buildings
boathouses
streetscapes
gardens
churches (buildings)
hotels (public accommodations)
landmarks
historic buildings
hospitals (buildings for health facility)
bathing beaches
photograph albums
postcard albums
album number 240A
1 photographic album; 7 x 13 1/4 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1941
PC009.240A
Gift
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
photograph albums
postcard albums
Cambridge, Mass
Back Bay
The Fenway
Boston, Mass
Harvard University
MIT
Robert Lowell House
Charles River
boathouses
landmarks
Trinity Church
Hotel Vendome
Boston Public Library
Copley Plaza
Hotel Brunswick
Hotel Lenox
Commonwealth Avenue
Christian Science Church
Symphony Hall
Simmons College
Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
hospitals
Revere Beach
Winthrop Beach
The Samoset, Rockland Maine
Nastasket Beach
Item
photo albums 240A & 240B
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