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Exterior view of the Old Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, ca. 1880

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-225211

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Description

Exterior view of the Old Harvard Medical School as seen from behind a wood fence. The building appears to have been boarded up.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public buildings
exterior views
medical schools (buildings)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1918

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6100.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other Organizations

Harvard University

Accruals Note

noted that Harvard dates a phootmechanical copy of this photograph to 1880.

Description Level

Item

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