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Stereograph of Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-196946

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Description

The Sphinx, a Civil War commemorative sculpture by Martin Milmore, is shown with bystanders at the Mount Auburn Cemetery. The left side of the image reads "C.W. Woodward, Rochester, New York." The Mount Auburn Cemetery straddles the town line between Cambridge and Watertown, and this sculpture is in Watertown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commemorative sculpture
cemeteries
memorials
stereographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001775
AccessID 3752
Other identifier HNEDID-001775

Physical Description

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.0280.0020.002

Places

Watertown (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Woodward, C. W. (Charles Warren), 1836-1894 (Publisher)

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Other People

Milmore, Martin, 1844-1883

Subjects

Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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