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[Offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, Boston, Mass.] – Antique Wall Art

[Offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, Boston, Mass.], [between 1905 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, Boston, Mass.], [between 1905 and 1920]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, Boston, Mass.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, Boston, Mass.]

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Signs above the doors identify this building as the insurance offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company, and the photographer recorded the firm's name in the view itself. The picture is one of the large 8 by 10 inch glass negatives made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which documented American cities and landscapes for commercial and travel use before 1920. Boston was a major insurance center at the time, so the scene offers a glimpse of the downtown office district that supported that trade. The record also mentions a name, George B. Brayton, but does not explain his connection to the building.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. Insurance offices of Gilmour Rothery & Company" on signs over doors. "George B. Brayton
SubjectsOffice buildings. Insurance.United States--Massachusetts--Boston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70588

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