Bowdoin Square, with inset of Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Bowdoin Sq.

GUSN

GUSN-196672

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Description

The square has pedestrians, trolley cars, and horse-drawn wagons. The Florence Shirt Company is to the right of the Bowdoin Square Baptist Church. The Revere House hotel is on the left side of the image. The Gore Block has J.H. Bailey and Company.

Details

Descriptive Terms

religious buildings
squares (open spaces)
churches (buildings)
scenes (depictions)
streetscapes
intersections
exterior views
commercial buildings
hotels (public accommodations)
clothing stores
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001552
AccessID 2551
Other identifier HNEDID-001552
Prints & Engravings PR32

Physical Descrption

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1150.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Howe & Oliver (Firm) (Delineator)
Photo-Electrotype Engraving Co. (Engraver)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Bowdoin Square Church (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Bowdoin Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Bowdoin Sq.

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