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[South Station, Boston, Mass.] – Antique Wall Art

[South Station, Boston, Mass.], [1905?] — historic photograph
[South Station, Boston, Mass.], [1905?]. 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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A window into the past: [South Station, Boston, Mass.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Tracks and elevated lines crowd the frame in this view of South Station, Boston. The station opened in 1899 as a shared terminal for several railroads on the city's south side, and the elevated line along Atlantic Avenue ran close by, so the scene captures a busy meeting point of steam travel and city transit. The image survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass negative, dated around 1905, from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers recorded American cities and railroads in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[1905?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 2872 B" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034098. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad stations. Elevated railroads.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67210

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