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[Old Colony Trust Company, main office, Court Street, Boston, Mass.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Old Colony Trust Company, main office, Court Street, Boston, Mass.], [1913?] — historic photograph
[Old Colony Trust Company, main office, Court Street, Boston, Mass.], [1913?]. 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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Old Colony Trust Company's main office on Court Street placed this bank in the heart of downtown Boston, where banking houses clustered near the city's older commercial streets. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative around the early 1910s, was known for large-format views of American cities and landmarks, many later reproduced as color prints. Its catalog number and the date marked with a question mark suggest the exact year was not firmly recorded. Banks of this period often projected stone and columned facades to signal stability, and a street-level view like this one shows how such buildings shaped the feel of the block.

Created / published[1913?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043745. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsBanks. Streets.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan806 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70509

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