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OVP L11
GUSN-221377
The renovated Louis Prang House can be seen in the image. The Prang greeting card factory can be seen to the left and rear in the image. Both were designed by Louis Weissbein. Gardner Street on the left goes down the hill to intersect with Roxbury Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen on Centre Street. The Folsom studio is on Alleghany Street in Roxbury.
exterior views
houses
factories (structures)
streetscapes
intersections
printers (people)
greeting cards
Christmas cards
businessmen
photographs
albumen prints
A.H. Folsom, Photographer, 48 Alleghany St. Boston, Mr. Prang's House (stamped)
Purchased from Charles Wood III 8/15/23. Louis Prang House, Centre Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Copy neg # 14134-B (handwritten)
Oversize photograph number OVP0217
1 photographic print : albumen, mounted ; 16 7/8 x 12 3/8
PC001
General photographic collection
1923-08-15
PC001.01.TMP.217
Museum Purchase
12 3/8 x 16 7/8 (HxW)(inches)
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Folsom, A. H. (Augustine H.), 1800-1910 (Photographer)
Weissbein, Louis, 1831-1913 (Architect)
photographs
albumen prints
Prang, Louis, 1824-1909
Architectural photography
Centre Street (Roxbury, Mass.)
Alleghany Street (Roxbury, Mass.)
Item
OVP L11
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