The Seal of the province of Massachusetts Bay – Vintage Print
![The Seal of the province of Massachusetts Bay, c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4b3f5109d8ce-L.webp)
(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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This historic photograph of The Seal of the province of Massachusetts Bay brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Seal of the province of Massachusetts Bay
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Few objects connect Boston's colonial past as directly as the seal of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, captured here on an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative. The province operated under a royal charter from 1691 until the American Revolution, and its seal, which shows a Native American figure with a bow and the words "Come over and help us," appeared on official colonial documents. The Detroit Publishing Company made this negative sometime between 1900 and 1910, and its catalog notes suggest the seal may have been photographed at the Old State House, where colonial authorities once met.
| Created / published | c[between 1900 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Possibly in the Old State House, Boston. Taylor 10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071598. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | State seals.United States--Massachusetts. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,350 × 6,000 px · prints to 24 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-72914 |
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