Deer Island light, Boston, Mass. – 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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This historic image of Deer Island light, Boston, Mass. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Deer Island light, Boston, Mass.
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Deer Island Light stands at the edge of Deer Island in Boston Harbor, where it helped mariners find the main ship channel past the island's shoals on the approach to the city. The island was also the site of Boston's public institutions, including a house of correction and almshouse, so the light sat within a working landscape of harbor traffic and city life. This 1906 view is a Detroit Publishing Company print, one of the firm's photochrom images, which were made by hand-coloring a photographic process to produce lively, saturated scenes of American places.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Detroit Publishing Co., publisher. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,816 × 4,698 px · prints to 19 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 50 |
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