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Lexington centennial

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1876

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198361

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Description

The lithograph shows a group of men outside the post office, surprised at reading the newspaper. There is a horse-car at the bottom with an advertisement for S.F. Lothrop & Co. Dry Goods on Washington Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

post offices
newspapers
advertisements
centennials
lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR246

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-10-11

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3550.022

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

11 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Alice Gray, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

lithographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Washington St.

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