Old Boston Town House Square about 1657 – Antique 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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A window into the past: Old Boston Town House Square about 1657, preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Old Boston Town House Square about 1657
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Stocks stand at the center of this scene, which shows public punishment carried out in the square before Boston's Town House around 1657. The original painting is credited to F.C. Yohn, and this color reproduction appeared in the Boston Herald's supplement of April 16, 1930. Public stocks were a common feature of Puritan New England, where the Massachusetts Bay Colony used shaming and physical punishment for offenses that included drunkenness and breaking the Sabbath. The image shows how closely the civic square was tied to both local government and public discipline in the young town.
| Created / published | c1930. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : color. |
| Genre | Paintings Reproductions 1930.Photomechanical prints Color 1930. |
| Notes | K9325 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Supplement to the Boston Herald, April 16, 1930. Copyright by F.C. Yohn. |
| Subjects | Punishment & torture--Massachusetts--Boston--1650-1660. Stocks (punishment)--Massachusetts--Boston--1650-1660. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,142 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128575 |
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