Construction of Valley Gates, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Roxbury
Massachusetts - Roxbury - Franklin Park
Construction of Valley Gates, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Roxbury
        Massachusetts - Roxbury - Franklin Park
        Franklin field, the bowling green, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1905-1912
        Franklin field, Roxbury, Massachusetts
        Quarry at Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887
        Quarry and derrick at Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887
        The New Circuit, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Charles W. Howard and wife on a derrick trestle, Franklin Park Quarry, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887
        Scarboro Pond, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Williams Home looking towards Forest Hills, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Construction of overlook wall at Franklin Park, Jamaica Plain [Roxbury], Mass.
        Franklin Park from west end of overlook looking north, Roxbury, Mass.
        Two views of Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Bear cages, Franklin Park, west side, Boston, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of The Refectory, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., undated
        Library from Blue Hill Avenue, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., 1907
        Schoolmaster Hill, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of Franklin Park House, Dorchester, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of buildings, Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.
        Exterior view of buildings, Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.
        Construction of Circuit Drive, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Construction of Valley Gates, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass. (current record)
        Construction of Williams Street, east of Walnut Street, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Construction of Old Trail Road, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Military excercises, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        Workers lay out a road in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        View of two roads in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        View of Ellicott Arch and Circuit Drive in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.
        View of Ellicott Arch and Circuit Drive in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

Description

"The Valley Gates were the third pair of stone gates which closed the Park at dusk."
From the Franklin Park Coalition Bulletin, April 1981, p. 20.

Details

Descriptive Terms

construction sites
parks (recreation areas)
gates
landscape architecture
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Description

1 black-and-white print ; 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.020

Image Dimensions

4 1/2 x 7 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Nold, November 24, 2008.

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Edmund K. (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Subjects

Franklin Park (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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