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Geo.: Small: Mass.: Roxbury: Franklin Park: Postcards
GUSN-195338
A picture postcard shows a group of boys playing baseball at the Playstead in the Country Park section of Franklin Park in Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Playstead as a children's area, which opened on June 12, 1889.
parks (recreation areas)
playgrounds
baseball (field sport)
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs
DigitalID 000455
AccessID 680
Other identifier HNEDID-000455
1 postcard
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.TMP.066
1900s-1910
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Reicher Bros. (publisher)
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Emerald Necklace (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Park (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Geo.: Small: Mass.: Roxbury: Franklin Park: Postcards
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