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[Boston, Mass., Tremont St.] – Antique Print

[Boston, Mass., Tremont St.], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Boston, Mass., Tremont St.], [between 1890 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 [Boston, Mass., Tremont St.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Boston, Mass., Tremont St.]

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Tremont Street, one of Boston's oldest thoroughfares, is the subject here, and the record also points to the nearby parks. The street runs along the edge of Boston Common, the city's oldest public park, so views along it often combine substantial buildings with open green space. This 8-by-10-inch glass negative dates from roughly 1890 to 1910, when streetcars, carriages and pedestrians shared these blocks. The Detroit Publishing Company made it as part of a large catalog of American views, and its prints now document how ordinary city streets looked before automobiles took over.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 1641" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033301. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Parks.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66592

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