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[Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass.] – Vintage Print

[Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass.], [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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Step back in time with [Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Perched on Beacon Hill above Boston Common, the Massachusetts State House is the subject of this negative, and its brick façade and gilded dome have long made it one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. Charles Bulfinch designed the building, which was completed in 1798 and has been the seat of the state legislature ever since. The view was made on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate between 1900 and 1910, probably by a Detroit Publishing Company photographer, a firm that documented American cities and landscapes for commercial sale. The negative's route through a Colorado historical society before it reached the Library of Congress shows how such views moved between collections over the decades.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 1634" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033305. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCapitols.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan806 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66596

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