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Scarboro Pond, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

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

GUSN

GUSN-195354

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Description

A large group of people ice skate on frozen Scarboro Pond (also known as Scarborough Pond) in Frank Park in Boston.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parks (recreation areas)
ponds (water)
ice skaters
ice skating
sports
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000470
AccessID 696
Other identifier HNEDID-000470

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.007

Date Notes

1888

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Edmund K. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Subjects

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

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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