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Court House, Boston, Mass. – Vintage Print

Court House, Boston, Mass., c1906. — historic photograph
Court House, Boston, Mass., c1906.. 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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Court House, Boston, Mass. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This 8 by 10 inch glass negative records the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston, a granite Romanesque Revival building that H. H. Richardson designed for Pemberton Square. Its heavy stonework and arched openings stood out among the downtown buildings of the period. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made views of American cities and landscapes for sale to travelers and for illustrated publications, made the picture around 1906. Its glass plate format gives the image fine detail in the masonry and street scene, which is useful for viewers interested in how the civic architecture of turn-of-the-century Boston looked.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes3264" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019619. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCourthouses.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62969

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