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Looking up State Street--old State House in distance, Boston, Mass. – Vintage Wall Art

Looking up State Street--old State House in distance, Boston, Mass., c1901. — historic photograph
Looking up State Street--old State House in distance, Boston, Mass., c1901.. Historic photograph from the Boston National Historic Park 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 Looking up State Street--old State House in distance, Boston, Mass.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Looking up State Street, this stereograph frames the Old State House at the far end of a busy commercial thoroughfare, placing the city's oldest surviving public building amid everyday traffic. Built in 1713, the building served as the seat of colonial and then state government, and the Declaration of Independence was read to the public from its balcony in July 1776. Around 1901, State Street was lined with offices and businesses of Boston's financial district, and the card's paired images, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, give the street a sense of depth and bustle.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesNo. 11685.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910. City & town life--Massachusetts--Boston--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,749 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165297

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