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[8 views of operations in Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.] – Historic Photograph Print

[8 views of operations in Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.], 1859 — antique engraving
[8 views of operations in Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.], 1859. Antique engraving 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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This rare antique engraving captures [8 views of operations in Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[8 views of operations in Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.]

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Eight small scenes make up this wood engraving, each showing a different stage of work inside Chickering's Pianoforte Manufactory on Tremont Street in Boston. The firm was founded by Jonas Chickering, who began building pianos in Boston in the 1820s and grew into one of the best-known piano makers in the United States. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper printed the engraving in April 1859, when readers were still curious about the inner workings of large city workshops. Taken together, the views offer a close look at hand craftsmanship in a major nineteenth-century piano works.

Created / published1859
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 7, no. 176 (1859 Apr. 16), p. 308. Caption card tracings: Ind.; Music--Pianos; Geogr.; B.I.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,056 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156363

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