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1850
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Places or Streets: O-Z
GUSN-198292
The statue of John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, is seen in the middle of Scollay Square. Looking down the street, one can see many businesses, with Howe's Music straight ahead. The Crawford House hotel can be seen on the right side at the corner of Brattle and Court Streets. The item verso advertises the Florence Shirt Company which is at 6 Bowdoin Square, opposite Revere House.
squares (open spaces)
monuments
trolley cars
horse-drawn vehicles
pedestrians
stores
hotels (public accommodations)
exterior views
commercial buildings
statues
governors
clothing stores
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR33
1 engraving
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
1932-02-19
GC002.01.MA.3850.001
Gift
4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of W.K. Watkins, 1932
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Photo-Electrotype Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Printer)
engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
Scollay Square (Boston, Mass.)
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Brattle Street (Boston, Mass.)
Bowdoin Square (Boston, Mass.)
Good
Item
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Places or Streets: O-Z
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