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Boston, Mass., St. Paul's Church – Antique Print

Boston, Mass., St. Paul's Church, [between 1935 and 1940] — historic photograph
Boston, Mass., St. Paul's Church, [between 1935 and 1940]. 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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Boston, Mass., St. Paul's Church 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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Boston, Mass., St. Paul's Church

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St. Paul's Church is the subject here, the Episcopal church on Tremont Street in Boston's Downtown Crossing area, designed by Richard Upjohn and completed in 1820, though it was later enlarged. The print comes from the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection, a body of photographs made by federal photographers in the late 1930s to document American life and the country's built environment. Its date is estimated between 1935 and 1940, a period when the Federal Works Agency was active in surveying public buildings and cities. Notice how the photographer framed the church's architecture against the surrounding street, a record of an older Boston landmark during the Depression years.

Created / published[between 1935 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesFarm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. For Federal Works Agency.
SubjectsSt. Paul's Church (Boston, Mass.)--Buildings--1930-1940. Churches--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166798

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