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Trees on the west side of Tremont St. Mall looking northwest, Boston Common, Boston, Mass., August 3, 1914

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1914-08-03

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common: General and Panoramic Views - Unmounted - Folder 1 of 2

GUSN

GUSN-194982

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Description

Several men sit on benches on a pathway near the Park Street Mall of Boston Common. Four of the men wear boaters, and two read newspapers. Pedestrians walk along Tremont Street past the R.H. Stearns department store and St. Paul's Church, and riders exit from the Boylston Street subway station.

Details

Descriptive Terms

department stores
subway stations
pedestrian malls
parks (recreation areas)
leisure
streetscapes
commons
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000186
AccessID 293
Other identifier HNEDID-000186

Physical Description

2 photographic prints

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2580.001

Date Notes

03 August 1914

Places

Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Park Street (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street Mall (Boston, Mass.)
Temple Place (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common: General and Panoramic Views - Unmounted - Folder 1 of 2

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