State House Boston, Massachusetts, 1903 – Historic Photograph Print
(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 rare historic image captures State House Boston, Massachusetts, 1903 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Mass. State House, Boston, Mass., view #3
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State House Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
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Boston's State House stood on Beacon Hill in 1903, looking over Boston Common and the downtown streets that ran toward the harbor. Charles Bulfinch designed the building in the 1790s, and its gilded dome was the city's most recognizable landmark. By 1903 Boston had about 560,000 residents, and the Boston Elevated Railway's electric streetcars carried workers and shoppers through the streets around the hill. Politics in the Commonwealth were run from this building, where the legislature met while the city's immigrant neighborhoods grew and its factories, shipping, and banks kept the local economy busy. That fall, the Boston Americans would win the first modern World Series, and the city would celebrate it in the same streets below the dome.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Creator | e. chickering & co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,159 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Mass. State House, Boston, Mass., view #3 |
| Reference | MA State House Boston 1 1903 |
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