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Washington Street, Boston, showing Old South Church – Historic Photograph Print

Washington Street, Boston, showing Old South Church, c1895. — historic photograph
Washington Street, Boston, showing Old South Church, c1895.. Historic photograph from the Fire Engines 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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Washington Street, Boston, showing Old South Church comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Washington Street, Boston, showing Old South Church

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Old South Church, with its tall steeple, rises above the street in this view of Washington Street, one of Boston's busiest commercial thoroughfares. Its 1729 meetinghouse was the site of the crowded town meeting in December 1773 that preceded the Boston Tea Party. By the 1890s the congregation had moved away, but the old building remained a landmark on a street of shops and traffic. Stereographs like this one were made to be viewed through a stereoscope, giving viewers a three-dimensional look at everyday city life.

Created / publishedc1895.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesNo. 10413.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Massachusetts--Boston--1890-1900. City & town life--Massachusetts--Boston--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,261 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165296

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