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View of Haymarket Square

Collection Type

  • Art

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Haymarket Square

GUSN

GUSN-198413

Description

This engraving shows a view of Haymarket Square with large buildings in the background and a busy square in the foreground. There are horse-drawn trolleys on tracks, along with a carriage and pedestrians. The building in the center with the clock is the Boston & Maine Railroad Station.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trolley cars
horse-drawn vehicles
carriages (vehicles)
squares (open spaces)
exterior views
railroad stations
commercial buildings
public transit
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR92

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2200.002

Image Dimensions

4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Photo-Electrotype Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Boston and Maine Railroad

Subjects

Haymarket Square (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Haymarket Square

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