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Panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-202360

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Description

Panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, with guide to sites of interest.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
cityscapes (representations)
panoramas
photomechanical prints
photographs

Inscription

Verso: [138a, 138b- 138c:] Gift of Capt. Thomas J. Frothingham 27 April 1933 [138b:] {Copy of engraving by James Smillie from a drawing by R. P. Mallory, published in Boston in "A Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument" with text - filed in Local History pamphlet file Mass.-Charlestown}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 148
OVP Number OVP0138

Physical Description

1 photomechanical in three pieces ; 10 1/2 x 18 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

27 April 1933

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.138

Image Dimensions

10 1/2 x 18 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Captain Thomas J. Frothingham, 27 April 1933.

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Smillie, James, 1807-1885 (Engraver)
Mallory, R. P. (Artist)

Material Type

photomechanical prints
photographs

Subjects

Bunker Hill Monument (Charlestown, Mass.)

Restrictions

In three pieces.

Description Level

Item

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