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[Charles River, Echo Bridge, Newton, Mass.] – Antique Print

[Charles River, Echo Bridge, Newton, Mass.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Charles River, Echo Bridge, Newton, Mass.], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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[Charles River, Echo Bridge, Newton, Mass.]

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Echo Bridge spans the Charles River in Newton, Massachusetts, and this view records its stone arches at a time when the structure was already a local landmark. Built in the 1870s to carry Boston's water supply pipes across the river, the bridge was an engineering work as much as a crossing, and its name comes from the echo that returns from its arches. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this large glass negative between 1895 and 1910, was documenting American towns, rivers and landscapes for sale as commercial views, so the picture reflects how the company presented such sites to a national audience.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 453" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032549. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Bridges.United States--Massachusetts--Charles River.United States--Massachusetts--Newton.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66128

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