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Horticultural Exhibition, at the Music Hall, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1855-10-20

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

GUSN

GUSN-223370

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Description

This image shows the exhibits and crowds at the Massachusetts Horticultural Exhibition at the Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The image verso has "Oct. 20, 1855, Ballou's Pictorial."

Details

Descriptive Terms

plants (living organisms)
exhibitions (events)
events
horticulture
interior views
music halls
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and engravings number PR83

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-13

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.2050.002

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

9.75 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of L. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, W. L. (Engraver)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Subjects

Hamilton Place (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

The Boston Music Hall is now the Orpheum Theatre.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Hamilton Place

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