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Milk Street

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Collection Type

  • art

Date

1888

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

GUSN

GUSN-198483

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Description

A trolley and horse-drawn vehicles travel down Milk Street with the Old South Church visible in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
streetcars
churches (buildings)
etchings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR123

Physical Description

1 etching

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1934-12-03

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2550.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

13 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Hodgdon, Sylvester Phelps, 1830-1906 (Artist)

Material Type

etchings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Good

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Milk Street

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