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Commemoration of the tercentenary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1930, drawing by Mildred Mowll, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, Mass., 1930

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1930

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 1-10

GUSN

GUSN-198853

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Description

Views of historic Boston sites are identified in the item: Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill Monument, King's Chapel, Longfellow Bridge, Brimstone Corner, Old State House, Quincy Market & Custom House, Public Gardens, Paul Revere House, Wharf of the Boston Tea Party, Old South Meetinghouse, New State House and the Old North Church.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public buildings
historic monuments
churches (buildings)
meeting houses (religious buildings)
bridges (built works)
historic sites
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR2OVR

Physical Description

1 etching

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.002

Image Dimensions

22 x 3.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Mowll, Mildred (Artist)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Brimstone Corner (Boston, Mass.)
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Longfellow Bridge (Boston and Cambridge, Mass.)
Griffin's Wharf (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

good - small tears in margin and thumbtack holes in corners

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 1-10

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