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Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass. – Historic Reproduction

Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass., [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass., [between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Taverns & Saloons 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: Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Buckman Tavern, Lexington, Mass.

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Buckman Tavern in Lexington, Massachusetts, is the building where Captain John Parker's militia gathered before the fighting on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775, the opening action of the American Revolution. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely in the early 1900s documenting American landmarks for postcards and printed views. Its date range of roughly 1910 to 1920 falls within the years when the tavern, a long-standing colonial inn, was drawing growing attention as a patriotic site and was preserved as a museum. The record places the negative in the Library of Congress collection.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 073272. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsTaverns (Inns) Historic buildings.United States--Massachusetts--Lexington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74159

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