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Close-up view of a tablet commemorating the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, as mounted in the Memorial Close of Old North Church, Salem Street

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1925

GUSN

GUSN-202272

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Description

Close-up view of a tablet commemorating the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, as mounted in honor of George Hearst and Pheobe Appleton Hearst in the Memorial Close of Old North Church, Salem Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

commemoratives
eye-level views
views (visual works)
plaques (flat objects)
churches (buildings)
closes (cathedral)
religious buildings
gelatin silver prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: [signed by photographer:] Weber Boston [attached caption:] [typed:] PHOTOGRAPH BY WEBER OF THE COMMEMORATIVE TABLET TO THE CONSTITUTION IN THE MEMORIAL CLOSE OF THE OLD NORTH CHURCH; Verso of mount: Belongs to Mr. Charles W. French. [stamped by photographer:] PAUL J. WEBER ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER BOSTON (24) MASS {file oversize. Christ Church. Salem St. Boston}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 59
OVP Number OVP0059.B

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.059-B

Image Dimensions

11.25 x 8.5 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Weber, Paul J. (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin silver prints
photographs

Subjects

American symbols
Boston (Mass.)
Salem Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Oxidative-reductive deterioration; mount creased and dirty; attached caption torn.

Description Level

Item

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