A View of the Obelisk erected under Liberty Tree in Boston, 1766 – Vintage Photo Print
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A View of the Obelisk erected under Liberty Tree in Boston, 1766 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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A View of the Obelisk erected under Liberty Tree in Boston, 1766
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Few places in colonial Boston carried as much meaning as the elm called Liberty Tree, and this view shows the obelisk raised beneath its branches in 1766. The monument went up after Parliament repealed the Stamp Act that year, and its inscriptions celebrated the repeal and the rights of Englishmen, turning a site of earlier protest into a public statement against imperial policy. British troops cut the tree down in 1775 during the occupation of the city, but its name stayed with the Sons of Liberty and the wider resistance to royal taxes. The location now falls within Boston National Historic Park, where it is interpreted alongside the Revolutionary-era world of Paul Revere.
| Original scan | 4,124 × 2,848 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 05479u |
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