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Geographic / Mass. / Boston / Public Garden / Lake and Swan Boats / Large: Unmounted.
GUSN-196278
Several men stand on the footbridge that spans the pond in the Boston Public Garden.The plan for the Public Garden by George F. Meacham included a pond. The four-acre lagoon was completed in 1861. Architect William Gibbons Preston designed the suspension footbridge, which was finished in 1867. The steeple of the Arlington Street Church rises above the trees in the park.
suspension bridges
footbridges
public gardens
lagoons (bodies of water)
steeples (building components)
pulling boats
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 001265
AccessID 2067
Other identifier HNEDID-001265
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6690.002
ca. 1890
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Preston, William Gibbons, 1842-1910
Meacham, George, 1831-1917
Herschel, Clemens, 1842-1930
Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.)
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Geographic / Mass. / Boston / Public Garden / Lake and Swan Boats / Large: Unmounted.
Friends of the Public Garden. The Public Garden Boston, 25-26.
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