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Commercial Coffee House, corner of Milk & Batterymarch Sts. Boston, Levi Whitney, Proprietor

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1845

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

GUSN

GUSN-198479

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Description

This lithograph gives a detailed corner view of the trade store and adjacent buildings. In the foreground are a horse and wagons on a detailed stone street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
coffeehouses
commercial buildings
lithographs
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR121

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1934-07-10

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2550.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

11.75 x 14.24 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Lane & Scott's Lith. (Lithographer)

Material Type

lithographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
Batterymarch Street (Boston, Mass.)
Beverages

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

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