1917-05-14
GUSN-282544
The sign above the library entrance reads "In acknowledging the great debt of this nation to France the people of Boston gratefully recall that in 1839 Nicholas Marie Alexandre Vattemare of Paris materially contributed to the establishment of this institution." A few commercial buildings can be seen on the right side of the image.
exterior views
public libraries (buildings)
public libraries (institutions)
streetscapes
squares (open spaces)
philanthropists
wars
photographs
Stebbins negative 24058
1 photographic print
PC047
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
PC047.02.5630.24058
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
photographs
Vattemare, Alexandre, 1796-1864
Architectural photography
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)
World War, 1914-1918
Item
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