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View of Faneuil Hall Market occupants before their procession to Faneuil Hall on the occasion of their Semi-Centennial Dinner, South Market Street

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

26 August 1876

GUSN

GUSN-202255

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Description

View of Faneuil Hall Market occupants before their procession to Faneuil Hall on the occasion of their Semi-Centennial Dinner, South Market Street. "Brown's Brigade Band" is in front of the marchers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

events
overhead views
urban environments
celebrations
processions
drums (membranophones)
streets
markets (structures)
domes (architectural element)
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: [caption:] [printed:] 1826. 1876. FANEUIL HALL MARKET. A view of the occupants of Fanueil Hall Market, formed in procession in South Market Street, previous to entering Faneuil Hall, on the occasion of their Semi-Centennial Dinner, given August 26th, 1876, in honor of J. HERMAN CURTIS, NATHAN ROBBINS, EBENEZER HOLDEN, HARRISON BIRD, the four persons occupying Stalls during the past fifty years. [photographer's name:] BLACK & CO. PHOTOS; Verso of mount: #1 Marching 7174-B {neg. no. 18694-A file- [underlined: Quincy Market] [twice, in ink and pencil:] Gift of Baldwin Coolidge Fall of 1918

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 42
OVP Number OVP0040
Negative Number 18694-A; 7414-B

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1918

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.040

Image Dimensions

11.125 x 16.875 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Baldwin Coolidge.

Record Details

Originator

Black & Co. (Photographer)

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Subjects

Crowds
Marching bands
Men
Semi-centennials
Signs and signboards
Boston (Mass.)
South Market Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Light staining and scratches on recto; liquid stains along bottom edge of mount; verso stained.

Description Level

Item

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