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[Tremont Street and the mall, Boston, Mass.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Tremont Street and the mall, Boston, Mass.], c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Tremont Street and the mall, Boston, Mass.], c[between 1910 and 1920]. 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 [Tremont Street and the mall, Boston, Mass.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Tremont Street runs along the edge of Boston Common, and this glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company captures that boundary between a busy commercial thoroughfare and the city's oldest public park. The Common, laid out in the 1630s, was grazing land and a militia training ground long before it became a place for strolling, and by the 1910s the streets around it carried streetcars, shoppers, and the early subway work that ran beneath the park. The company's photographers traveled widely in these years, documenting American cities for promotional sales, and their large-format plates preserve street scenes like this one in fine detail.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. At edge of Boston Common. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073569. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsStreets. Commercial facilities. Parks. Subways.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74329

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