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Looking up Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Tremont St.: Postcards

GUSN

GUSN-195219

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Description

A view from near the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street, looking up Tremont Street along Boston Common towards Park Street. Pedestrians walk along the Tremont Street Mall, and enter and exit from the Boylston Street subway station kiosks designed by Edmund March Wheelwright. The State House and other buildings on Beacon Hill overlook the scene.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commercial buildings
capitols
subway stations
pedestrian malls
parks (recreation areas)
public transit
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000360
AccessID 544
Other identifier HNEDID-000360

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.057

Date Notes

1915-1920s

Places

Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs

Other People

Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Wheelwright, Edmund March, 1854-1912

Subjects

Boylston Street Station (Boston, Mass.)
Park Street Station (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street Mall (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Tremont St.: Postcards

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