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Interior view of L.S. Drigg's Lace and Bonnet Store, No.'s 24 and 26 Hanover Street, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1852

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hanover St.

GUSN

GUSN-198410

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Description

This engraving depicts a large store room full of women shopping. Shelves line the sides of the room, with ribbons and other materials in stock. A sign for the manufacturing room is at the back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commercial buildings
lace (needlework)
bonnets (hats)
stores
headgear
milliners
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR89

Physical Description

1 line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-01-04

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2150.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6.5 x 5.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L.W. Jenkins 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Mallory, Richard P. (Engraver)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Hanover Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hanover St.

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