Under the elms, Boston Common, Boston, U.S.A. – Historic 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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A window into the past: Under the elms, Boston Common, Boston, U.S.A., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Under the elms, Boston Common, Boston, U.S.A.
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Shaded walks under a canopy of elms set this stereograph of Boston Common apart from the city's busier streets. The Common, set aside as common land in 1634, is generally regarded as the oldest public park in the United States, and its elms were a well-known feature of the grounds for generations. The card was published by the H.C. White Co. of North Bennington, Vermont, a firm that issued stereoscopic views for home viewers. Each card held two nearly identical photographs that merged into a single image with depth when seen through a stereoscope, and this one records everyday city life in a Boston park around 1906.
| Created / published | N. Bennington, Vt., U.S.A. : H.C. White Co., c1906. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H85203 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12812. |
| Subjects | City & town life--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910. Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179205 |
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