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Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market

Description

This engraving across the top of a piece of stationery shows Faneuil Hall with Quincy Market behind. In the foreground is a street scene with vendors with their horses and wagons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

marketplaces
market halls
vendors
wagons (cargo vehicles)
carriages (vehicles)
business (commercial function)
assembly halls
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)
stationery

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR149

Physical Description

1 line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.1950.009

Image Dimensions

10 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)
stationery

Restrictions

Fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Faneuil Hall

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