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Old South Meeting House and Old South Building, Boston, Mass. – Antique Photo Print

Old South Meeting House and Old South Building, Boston, Mass., [1905?] — historic photograph
Old South Meeting House and Old South Building, Boston, Mass., [1905?]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Old South Meeting House and Old South Building, Boston, Mass. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Old South Meeting House and Old South Building, Boston, Mass.

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The Old South Meeting House, built in 1729, shares this view with the Old South Building, a commercial block that rose beside the historic church as downtown Boston grew around it. The meeting house is best known for the town meetings held there in 1773, when crowds gathered before the Boston Tea Party. By the time this glass negative was made, around 1905 by its estimated date, the old church stood surrounded by busy commercial streets. Its survival was a point of local pride, since it was rescued from demolition in the 1870s and later opened as a museum.

Created / published[1905?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018826. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCommercial facilities. Churches.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan810 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62304

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