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Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston. – Historic Print

Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston., Boston : J.H. Bufford, c1859. — antique lithograph
Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston., Boston : J.H. Bufford, c1859.. Antique lithograph from the Boston collection.

(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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Jamaica Pond, in the West Roxbury area on the edge of Boston, is the setting here, and the print shows skaters on its ice. The lithograph was drawn and published by J.H. Bufford, a Boston firm known for color prints of the period, and it dates to about 1859. Ponds like Jamaica were popular winter gathering places, and the pond was also a source of ice cut and shipped for sale in the mid-1800s. Color lithographs such as this one were sold to a middle-class public, so the scene reflects how city residents spent leisure time in the winter.

Created / publishedBoston : J.H. Bufford, c1859.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1850-1860.
SubjectsIce skating--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan8,688 × 6,721 px · prints to 29 × 22 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceJamaica Pond 1859

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