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East Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass. – Vintage Print

East Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass., [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
East Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass., [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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East Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass.

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Dated 1910 on the bridge itself, this view of the East Cambridge Bridge spans the Charles River and linked Boston with the Cambridge shore. The Detroit Publishing Company made the picture on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate, part of its early twentieth-century effort to document towns, streets and waterfronts across the country. Views like this one capture the everyday traffic of a crossing at a time when streetcars, wagons and early automobiles were sharing city streets. Its details of roadway, buildings and dress offer a useful look at how the crossing worked before the car came to dominate urban travel.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate on bridge: 1910. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072901. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsBridges. Streets.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.United States--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan5,055 × 4,002 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73865

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