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View of Hull Street and the Old North Church, Boston, Mass., undated

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  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston - Salem Street - Christ Church Exterior - Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-195056

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Description

This view from Hull Street to the intersection with Salem Street shows the entrance to Old North Church, also known as Christ Church, in the North End of Boston. There are vines on the lower portions of the front façade.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spires
façades
row houses
churches (buildings)
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
steeples (building components)
exterior views
religious buildings
streetscapes
graveyards
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000151
AccessID 372
Other identifier HNEDID-000151

Physical Description

1 photograph : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7010.001

Date Notes

ca. 1895

Places

North End (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Copps Hill (Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [peak]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Price, William

Subjects

Architectural photography
Hull Street (Boston, Mass.)
Salem Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copp's Hill Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston - Salem Street - Christ Church Exterior - Unmounted

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