Boston Public Garden, Massachusetts, 1904 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Boston Public Garden, Massachusetts, 1904 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Boston Public Garden
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Boston Public Garden, Massachusetts, 1904
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In 1904 the Boston Public Garden was a well-tended park at the edge of the city's downtown, a short walk from Boston Common and the new Back Bay neighborhood that had been built on filled tidal flats. The garden had opened in 1837 as one of the first public botanical gardens in the country, and by the early 1900s it was a favorite place for Bostonians to stroll past flower beds and the lagoon. The city's economy then rested on shoe and textile manufacturing, shipping through its harbor, and a dense web of railroads, and the Tremont Street subway, opened in 1897 beneath the Common, had made getting downtown quicker. Swan boats had carried passengers across the lagoon since 1877, and residents knew the garden as a green refuge within the crowded, industrious city.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Creator | e. chickering & co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,914 × 1,871 px · prints to 16 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Boston Public Garden |
| Reference | MA Boston Public Garden 1 1904 |
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