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View of Haymarket Square, Boston, Massachusetts

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1853

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Haymarket Square

GUSN

GUSN-198416

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Description

This engraving depicts Haymarket Square with large store buildings and an open space in the center of a rotary. Grover Baker & Co. Sewing Machines features prominiently in the center. The Boston & Maine Railroad Station is on the right side of the image. There are also horses and carriages in the street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

squares (open spaces)
carriages (vehicles)
horseback riding
manufacturing
sewing machines (equipment)
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR93

Physical Description

1 line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2200.001

Image Dimensions

5 x 8.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Manning, John H., b. ca. 1820 (Delineator)
Gulick, David B., b. ca. 1829 (Engraver)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Baker, William Emerson, 1828-1888

Subjects

Haymarket Square (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Haymarket Square

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