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Bunker Hill Monument, as seen from the Grain Elevator, Charlestown, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Charlestown - Ancient - Mounted

GUSN

GUSN-194997

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Description

This aerial view shows the Bunker Hill Monument and the surrounding area in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The photograph may have been taken from the grain elevator of the Fitchburg Railroad at the Hoosac Tunnel docks in Charlestown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

grain elevators
war memorials
obelisks (monumental pillars)
historic monuments
granite (rock)
aerial views
mounting
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000201
AccessID 308
Other identifier HNEDID-000201

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0020.002

Date Notes

1900s-1920s

Places

Breeds Hill (Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [peak]
Bunker Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Willard, Solomon, 1783-1861
Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838

Subjects

Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
United States -- history -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- monuments

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Charlestown - Ancient - Mounted

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