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Boylston Street sidewalk by Public Garden looking west, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1916-04-22

GUSN

GUSN-214431

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Description

The Public Garden from Boylston Street is seen close to the Charles Street intersection. The memorial to Wendell Phillips, abolitionist, is just to the right of the image center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetscapes
public gardens
statues
sculpture (visual work)
monuments
abolitionists
exterior views
churches (buildings)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00003588
BTC Line Code B
BTC Plate Number 0001292B
Transit Import ID 3169

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.01.03.6270

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other People

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

Subjects

Architectural photography
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Arlington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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