Boston Common, Massachusetts, 1903 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Boston Common, Massachusetts, 1903 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view from Colonial Theatre of Boston Common showing State House dome in distance and Tremont Street
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Boston Common, Massachusetts, 1903
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Boston Common in 1903 was the oldest public park in the United States, a green of roughly 50 acres lying between the downtown office blocks and the Beacon Hill houses above it. Electric streetcars had rolled past its edge since the Tremont Street subway opened in 1897, carrying workers from the mills and wharves of the outer wards toward the shops on Washington Street. Over the preceding decades the city had absorbed its neighbors Roxbury, Dorchester and Charlestown, pushing its population past half a million. That same fall the Boston Americans played Pittsburgh in the first modern World Series, a contest the city followed with keen local interest.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Creator | e. chickering & co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,321 × 1,750 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view from Colonial Theatre of Boston Common showing State House dome in distance and Tremont Street |
| Reference | MA Boston Common 1903 |
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