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View of Pemberton Square facing south

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1885

GUSN

GUSN-202311

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Description

View of Pemberton Square facing south. A man riding a bicycle and a horse-driven cart are on the street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

urban environments
carts
bicycles
squares (open spaces)
streets
row houses
dwellings
sidewalks
façades
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: JO38 LN/KK [in a different hand:] Old Pemberton Square [crossed out: 1870] 1885; Verso of mount: {Exchange with Henry Deeks Cambridge , MA June 1982 PEMBERTON SQ. BOSTON (1885)}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 98
OVP Number OVP0059

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

June 1982

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.059

Image Dimensions

14.5 x 10.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Exchange with Henry Deeks.

Record Details

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Subjects

Horses
Men
Outdoor recreation
Working animals
Boston (Mass.)
Pemberton Square (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Top right and bottom left corners of mount missing; right edge of mount stained and torn

Description Level

Item

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