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Interior of Coliseum, St. James Park, Boston, Mass., June 18, 1872

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1872

GUSN

GUSN-202298

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Description

The World Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Boston Coliseum, which housed the event, was designed by William Preston and intended to be a temporary structure. The event was organized by composer and bandmaster Patrick Gilmore. The seated audience can be seen in the image with one man in the center facing the camera.

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Descriptive Terms

interior views
temporary buildings
festivals
music
peace
concerts
wars
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: Piece[sic] [Peace] Jubilee Build. 1869; Verso of mount: Peace Jun-Building 1869 Boston Coliseum

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 85
OVP Number OVP0038.2

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.038-2

Image Dimensions

19.25 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Preston, William Gibbons, 1842-1910 (Architect)

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Other People

Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892

Other Organizations

World’s Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival (1872 : Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Architectural photography
St. James Park (Boston, Mass.)
St. James Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copley Square
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871

Restrictions

Vertical tear across bottom of print to bottom edge of mount; mount slightly warped; center of left edge of mount damaged.

Description Level

Item

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