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South Station, Boston, Mass. – Historic Reproduction

South Station, Boston, Mass., [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
South Station, Boston, Mass., [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of South Station, Boston, Mass.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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South Station, Boston, Mass.

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South Station, shown here from Summer Street, was the Boston terminal of the Boston and Providence and the Old Colony railroads, and the building opened in 1899 as a combined depot for several lines. This glass-plate negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American cities and rail hubs for promotional use around the turn of the twentieth century. The view captures the street-side approach where horse-drawn carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians shared space with the growing flow of rail passengers. Its notes show it was later a gift to the State Historical Society of Colorado and entered the Library of Congress collection in 1949.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 2873" on negative. Summer Street. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034070. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsSouth Station (Boston, Mass.) Railroad stations. Streets.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67196

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