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1926
Box: Albums 253, 265, 267
GUSN-265491
14 pages of 8" x 10" albumen prints of the outside and interior of the investment banking offices of H. L. Higginson. The firm Lee, Higginson & Co. was located at 44 State Street. Detail and quality of the photos are very high.
offices (work spaces)
office buildings
interior views
photograph albums
albumen prints
album number 267
1 photograph album; black and white photographs : 11.25 x 14.25 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
2012
PC009.267
Library & Archives Purchase
14.25 x 11.25 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
photograph albums
albumen prints
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919
Lee, Higginson & Co.
Henry Lee Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. He started as a junior partner in his father's brokerage firm Lee, Higginson & Co in 1868 and worked as senior partner until his death in 1919. He is most notably remembered as the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881.
Item
Box: Albums 253, 265, 267
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