View of the Water Celebration, lithograph of crowds and fountain – Vintage Photo Print
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View of the Water Celebration, lithograph of crowds and fountain comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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View of the Water Celebration, lithograph of crowds and fountain
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The Water Celebration of October 1848 marked the arrival of fresh water from Lake Cochituate, and this lithograph centers on the fountain that drew crowds to the Common that day. Before the aqueduct, Bostonians depended largely on wells and cisterns, so the new supply was widely seen as a sign of the city's progress. The dense groups of onlookers pressed around the water suggest how the occasion became a shared civic event for the whole city.
| Original scan | 10,210 × 7,252 px · prints to 34 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 23 |
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