Boston Chamber Commerce, Massachusetts, 1896 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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A window into the past: Boston Chamber Commerce, Massachusetts, 1896, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96
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Boston Chamber Commerce, Massachusetts, 1896
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Boston, Massachusetts, in 1896 was New England's commercial center and one of the country's major ports, with wharves handling coastal shipping and goods moving to and from the region's mills and merchants. The city had passed 400,000 residents by the 1890s, many of them Irish and Italian immigrants, and its business leaders organized through groups like the Chamber of Commerce to press for harbor improvements, rail connections, and favorable trade policies. Much of the city's commercial life centered on the downtown offices along State and Water streets, where merchants, insurance men, and brokers did their business. This photograph ties that business community to a city on the verge of change, since construction on America's first subway had begun in Boston in 1895 and would open in 1897.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | notman photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 3,227 px · prints to 18 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96 |
| Reference | MA Boston Chamber Commerce 1 1896 |
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