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1851-09-19
Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100
GUSN-199098
This is a black and white view from Gleason's Pictorial of the Grand Procession celebrated in Boston on September 19, 1851. It shows a parade of people and carriages, military, locomotive, elephant, etc. Pencilled in the corner is: "sketchd by Rowse, 1851."
processions
carriages (vehicles)
military personnel
locomotives
parades
arts (broad discipline)
societies
railroads
prints (visual works)
wood engravings (prints)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number 89OVR
1 wood engraving
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.02.089
14.75 x 22.5 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Possibly Rowse, Samuel Worcester, (American painter and engraver, 1822-1901) (Artist)
Worcester and Pierce (Engraver)
Gleason's Pictorial (Publisher)
prints (visual works)
wood engravings (prints)
Good -- fold and some discoloration
Item
Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100
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