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Head house, City Point, South Boston, Mass. – Antique Print

Head house, City Point, South Boston, Mass., c1906. — historic photograph
Head house, City Point, South Boston, Mass., c1906.. Historic photograph 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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Head house, City Point, South Boston, Mass. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Head house, City Point, South Boston, Mass.

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At the head of a pier or landing at City Point in South Boston, this 8 x 10 inch glass negative records a small waterfront building that the catalog classifies as a recreation facility. City Point was a popular seaside spot for Bostonians by the early 1900s, when families came for swimming, boating, and the sea air. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American towns and landscapes for commercial sale, made the view around 1906. The negative later passed through the State Historical Society of Colorado before entering the Library of Congress in 1949.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 019639. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsSports & recreation facilities.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-60831

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