Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston. – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. / lithog. & published by J.H. Bufford, Boston.
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Jamaica Pond, in West Roxbury on the edge of Boston, is the setting here, shown as a winter gathering place for skaters. Boston lithographer J.H. Bufford published this color print around 1859, when inexpensive lithographs of city scenes and local leisure sold well to a growing middle-class public. The pond was also valued for its ice, which was cut in winter and shipped out during the New England ice trade, so the frozen surface served both work and play. The print is worth a close look for how it turns an ordinary winter pastime into a polished view of suburban countryside.
| Created / published | Boston : J.H. Bufford, c1859. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | Ice skating--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,107 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109246 |
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