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Park Square, "Apple Mary" selling fruit, Boston, Mass., 1863

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1863

GUSN

GUSN-202265

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Description

"Apple Mary" sells her fruit to an unidentified man at the edge of the Boston Common at the intersection of Boylston and Charles Streets. The Edwin M. Thayer grocery store is in the background on the left at 75 Boylston Street. The center and right portion of the image is the Boston and Providence Railroad Station.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
squares (open spaces)
intersections
street vendors
railroad stations
grocery stores
commercial buildings
women (female humans)
exterior views
gelatin silver prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: Park square - 1863; Verso of mount: George E. Hall & Co. Greebrier St. [in a different pencil:] & Apple Mary [underlined:] in foreground {Gift of the State Street Bank Apr. 1981}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 52
OVP Number OVP0052

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

April 1981

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.052

Image Dimensions

10.625 x 12.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of State Street Bank, April 1981.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]

Record Details

Material Type

gelatin silver prints
photographs

Other Organizations

George E. Hall & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation

Subjects

Park Square (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Charles Street (Boston, Mass.)
Columbus Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Restrictions

Yellowed; retouched; oxidative-reductive deterioration; liquid stain, bottom left corner of print; bottom left corner of mount missing.

Description Level

Item

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