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United States Court House, Bowdoin Square, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1855

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Bowdoin Sq.

GUSN

GUSN-198376

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Description

This print depicts a tree-lined street with people, with the Court House on the corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

courthouses
judicial buildings
public buildings
squares (open spaces)
prints (visual works)
clippings (information artifacts)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings PR68

Physical Description

1 newspaper print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-05-27

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1150.002

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Kilburn, Samuel Smith (Engraver)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
clippings (information artifacts)

Subjects

Bowdoin Square (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Bowdoin Sq.

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