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Identification and Creation

Object Number
5.2002.498
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Looking Nly. in Scollay Sq. Work on Ely. Part of the Sq. at Cor. of Hanover St.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Boston Transit Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
negative, photograph
Date
May 26, 1897
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/144369

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Negative, gelatin dry plate (glass)
Dimensions
image: 16.5 x 21.4 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)
glass plate: 16.5 x 21.5 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Gift of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston Transit Collection
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
5.2002.498
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005

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