[Boston, Mass., birdseye view of Charlestown & Bunker Hill] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Boston, Mass., birdseye view of Charlestown & Bunker Hill], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cdb028b1bb17-L.webp)
(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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[Boston, Mass., birdseye view of Charlestown & Bunker Hill] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Boston, Mass., birdseye view of Charlestown & Bunker Hill]
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From an elevated vantage point, this Detroit Publishing Company glass negative takes in Charlestown and the granite obelisk of the Bunker Hill Monument. The monument commemorates the battle of June 17, 1775, an early engagement of the Revolutionary War, and it was dedicated in 1843 after years of fundraising. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial photographic firm that documented American cities and landscapes, made the plate sometime between about 1890 and 1910, when the monument was a major draw for visitors to Boston.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. 3319" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 34393. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) Obelisks. Monuments & memorials.United States--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-67351 |
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