Comm Av Fenway Boston, Massachusetts, 1903 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Comm Av Fenway Boston, Massachusetts, 1903, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [One panoramic photo of Hotel Sommerset showing Commonwealth Ave. and Fenway, Boston, Mass.]
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Comm Av Fenway Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
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Boston in 1903 was a city still extending itself onto filled land, and Commonwealth Avenue near the Fenway showed how far that work had reached. Back Bay had been reclaimed from tidal flats over the preceding decades, and Frederick Law Olmsted's Back Bay Fens, part of the park chain later called the Emerald Necklace, was still taking shape along the edge of the new neighborhoods. The Boston Elevated Railway, formed in 1897, carried residents from the city core out along the avenues. Nearby, the Huntington Avenue Grounds served as home for the Boston Americans, and that October the ballpark hosted games of the first modern World Series, played against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Creator | e. chickering & co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,058 × 1,665 px · prints to 17 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [One panoramic photo of Hotel Sommerset showing Commonwealth Ave. and Fenway, Boston, Mass.] |
| Reference | MA Comm Av Fenway Boston 1903 |
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