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[Boston from East Boston, Boston, Mass.] – Antique Wall Art

[Boston from East Boston, Boston, Mass.], [1906?] — historic photograph
[Boston from East Boston, Boston, Mass.], [1906?]. 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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Step back in time with [Boston from East Boston, Boston, Mass.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Boston from East Boston, Boston, Mass.]

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Taken from East Boston, this view looks across the harbor toward the city, with piers and wharves crowding the waterfront in the foreground. It is a large-format glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that sent photographers across the country around the turn of the twentieth century to document cities, rail lines and scenery. The record suggests a date around 1906, a period when Boston's harbor was a busy center for shipping, ferries and cargo handling. The 8 by 10 inch negative captures fine detail, so the wharf structures and the shoreline can still be studied closely.

Created / published[1906?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 3313" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034395. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPiers & wharves. Harbors.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67353

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