Custom House, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-190968

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Custom House, Boston, Mass.
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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

Full color postcard featuring a bird's eye view of the Boston Custom House with the square before it. The clock on the tower reads 10 o'clock.

Details

Descriptive Terms

customhouses
landmarks
public buildings
tower clocks (clocks)
timepieces
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.031

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Mason Bros. & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)
Folsom, A. H. (Augustine H.), 1800-1910 (Photographer)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 49. Original in Postcards - Boston, MA - Custom House [?]

Description Level

Item

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