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Old State House from Washington St., Boston, Mass. – Historic Print

Old State House from Washington St., Boston, Mass., c1906. — historic photograph
Old State House from Washington St., Boston, Mass., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Boston National Historic Park 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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A window into the past: Old State House from Washington St., Boston, Mass., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Old State House from Washington St., Boston, Mass.

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From Washington Street, this view shows the Old State House hemmed in by the commercial bustle of downtown Boston around 1906. Completed in 1713, the brick building housed the colonial and state government, and the Declaration of Independence was read to the public from its balcony in July 1776. The caption card also tags the picture with newsboys and child labor, a reminder that street trades such as newspaper selling drew young workers into the city's crowds. The record is old and not fully verified, so the date and any details about the people in the scene should be read with some caution.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019625. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts--Boston--Views--1906; Massachusetts--Boston--Old State House--1906; Child labor--Newsboys--1906; Capitol buildings...--Massachusetts--Boston--1906; Geogr.; Capitols; Newsboys; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,996 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144919

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