The First granary in Boston was built in 1715 near the corner of today's Beacon and Park Streets – Antique Photo Print
![The First granary in Boston was built in 1715 near the corner of today's Beacon and Park Streets, [1939] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/71/71bf794cbbd8-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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures The First granary in Boston was built in 1715 near the corner of today's Beacon and Park Streets in remarkable 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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The First granary in Boston was built in 1715 near the corner of today's Beacon and Park Streets
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Drawn as a conjectural scene rather than a photograph, this color print shows the first granary Boston built, placed in 1715 near what is now the corner of Beacon and Park Streets, on the slope of Beacon Hill above Boston Common. Public granaries stored grain against shortages, a practical concern for a growing colonial port. The image appeared in a May 1939 calendar blotter issued as an advertisement by the First National Bank of Boston, so it reflects 1930s civic pride in the city's origins as much as the colonial past it depicts.
| Created / published | [1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : col. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1930-1940.Calendars 1930-1940.Conjectural works 1930-1940.Photomechanical prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | In calendar blotter for May 1939 used as advertisement for the First National Bank of Boston. |
| Subjects | Granaries--Massachusetts--Boston--1710-1720. Firsts--Massachusetts--Boston--1710-1720. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,083 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170461 |
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