Boston. The Swan Boats—Public Garden – Vintage Print
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Boston. The Swan Boats—Public Garden
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The Swan Boats are what set this view apart from other scenes of Boston's Public Garden, a pond-side attraction that has carried passengers across the lagoon for well over a century. The boats are pedal-powered craft shaped like swans, steered by a driver who works the paddle wheel from the stern, and they were introduced in the 1870s as a gentle novelty for families strolling the park. Picturing them in 1889 captures a moment when the Public Garden, laid out as the city's first public botanic garden in the 1830s, had become a fashionable place for Bostonians to spend a summer afternoon.
| Created / published | 1889 |
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| Original scan | 1,339 × 1,509 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 11. Boston. The swan boats - Public Garden c. 1889 |
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