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Ladies Fair for the Poor, at Music Hall Boston, March 8, 1858

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1858-03-08

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

GUSN

GUSN-223367

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Description

This image shows an indoor fair with booths and a pole with streamers in the center within the Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fairs
fund raising
women (female humans)
booths
interior views
music halls
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and engravings number PR79

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1917-01-03

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2050.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9.5 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Mary E. Haven, 1917

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford’s Lith (Lithographer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

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