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Public Garden fence, Boylston Street

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Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-213741

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Description

The back of the Charles Sumner statue can be seen through the bare trees in the Public Garden.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
parks (recreation areas)
statues
fences
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00000946
BTC Line Code TR
BTC Plate Number 0000X124
Transit Import ID 6499

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.01.02.8540

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other People

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Subjects

Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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