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Charles W. Howard and wife on a derrick trestle, Franklin Park Quarry, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1887

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Franklin Park

GUSN

GUSN-195353

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Description

Charles W. Howard and his wife stand on the face of the rock near the top of the quarry in Franklin Park in Boston. This may be the quarry on Schoolmaster Hill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quarries (extracting complexes)
parks (recreation areas)
photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000469
AccessID 695
Other identifier HNEDID-000469

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.006

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Edmund K. (photographer)

Material Type

photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Other People

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Howard, Charles W.
Howard, Charles W., Mrs.

Subjects

Emerald Necklace (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Park (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Franklin Park

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