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Portrait of Louis Prang family, Prang House, Centre Street, Roxbury, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

OVP L11

GUSN

GUSN-221373

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Description

The Prang family can be seen at their renovated house on Centre Street. Louis Prang and his wife Rosa are seated at the entrance. Other family members are on the balcony above the front porch and to the right of the porch. Part of the family printing factory can be seen on the left side of the image. Folsom's studio was located at 20 Alleghany Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
group portraits
families
printers (people)
greeting cards
Christmas cards
businessmen
exterior views
houses
factories (structures)
streetscapes
men (male humans)
women (female humans)
photographs
albumen prints

Inscription

A.H. Folsom, Photographer, 20 Alleghany Street, Roxbury (stamped)
Home of Mr. Louis Prang, Centre Street, Roxbury, Mass. near Gardner Street. The Prang factory chimney stands in the rear. It was the corner of Washington and Gardner Sts. Copy neg #14135-B (handwritten)

Additional Identification Number

Oversize photograph number OVP0216

Physical Description

1 photographic print : albumen, mounted ; 15 1/4 x 11 1/8

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.216

Image Dimensions

11 1/8 x 15 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Folsom, A. H. (Augustine H.), 1800-1910 (Photographer)
Weissbein, Louis, 1831-1913 (Architect)

Material Type

photographs
albumen prints

Other People

Prang, Louis, 1824-1909

Subjects

Architectural photography
Centre Street (Roxbury, Mass.)
Alleghany Street (Roxbury, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

OVP L11

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