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Daniel Webster House, Somerset St., Boston, Mass.

Description

From the Bostonian Society catalog record: Street-level view northeast of (left to right) 37-39 Somerset Street, located between Allston Street to the south-southeast and Howard Street to the north-northwest. The front façades of the dwellings face west-southwest. 35 Somerset Street lines the right side of the photograph. 37 Howard Street, located at the far north end of Somerset Street, is located along the lower-left side of the photograph. Children gather on the sidewalk between 33 and 37 Somerset Street. A wagon is parked in front of 37 Howard Street. 39 Somerset Street occupied by Daniel Webster (1819-1822), Abbott Lawrence, Rev. Ephraine Peabody, William Ropes, Nathanial Bowditch and Uriah Cotting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

residential districts
hills
youth
children (people by age group)
Federal
town houses
exterior views
wagons (cargo vehicles)
streetscapes
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000101
AccessID 126
Other identifier HNEDID-000101

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.002

Date Notes

1870s-1890s

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Bostonian Society

Subjects

city life
Government Center (Boston, Mass.)
Howard Street (Boston, Mass.)
Somerset Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Somerset St.: Unmounted

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