[Boston Opera House] – Antique Print
![[Boston Opera House], c1909. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/66/66e4e3798b31-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 [Boston Opera House] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Boston Opera House stood on Washington Street in the city's downtown theater district, and this c1909 view captures it around the time it opened. Built in the boom years before the First World War, it was one of several large opera houses that impresario Oscar Hammerstein financed in American cities, and its Boston run drew wide attention in the city's theater world. The photograph was made by the Dadmun Company, a Boston firm that issued street and building views, so it offers a documentary record of the building's exterior and its place on a busy commercial block.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by Dadmun Co., Boston. No. 3. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Mass.--Boston--Boston Opera House; Opera Houses; Geogr.; Opera; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,298 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141767 |
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