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1900-1920
Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common: General and Panoramic Views - Unmounted - Folder 1 of 2
GUSN-194988
A blanket of snow covers Boston Common and weighs down the branches of the trees. A crew of workers shovel out the pathways. In the middle distance is the Brewer Fountain, which was donated by merchant Gardner Brewer to the city in 1868 and is a copy of a fountain which he saw at the 1855 Paris World's Fair, designed by Paul Lienard and sculpted by Mathurin Moreau. The dome of the State House towers over the wintry landscape.
beehive domes
façades
capitols
fountains
bronze (metal)
workers
snowstorms
public art
flagpoles
winter
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000192
AccessID 299
Other identifier HNEDID-000192
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2580.003
1900s-1916
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Halliday Historic Photograph Co. (photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Brewer, Gardner, 1806-1874
Lienard, Paul
Moreau, Mathurin
Brewer Fountain (Boston, Mass.)
snow removal
snow shoveling
Item
Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common: General and Panoramic Views - Unmounted - Folder 1 of 2
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