1865
GUSN-202241
View of the northeast corner of Fort Hill Square looking down Washington Street. Men, women, and children are standing at the windows and on the sidewalk in front of row houses on the square. Horses and carts are on the street.
urban environments
carts
exterior views
squares (open spaces)
streets
row houses
dwellings
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: North East Corner of Washington Square, Fort Hill. Looking down Washington avenue, 1865 [in a different hand:] Dupe [in a different hand, in ink:] Northeast corner of Washington Square - Fort Hill Looking down Washington Avenue 1865 Boston Mass. Anonymous 14 Nov. 1925.
OVP Photo Database Number 28
OVP Number OVP0032
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
14 November 1925
PC001.01.TMP.032
12.125 x 17 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of an anonymous donor.
albumen prints
photographs
Children
Horses
Men
Women
Working animals
Boston (Mass.)
Fort Hill (Boston, Mass.)
Washington Avenue (Fort Hill, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Recto stained and torn; ink on recto; cracks in emulsion; transfer stain on verso of mount
Item
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