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Views of Boston and vicinity

Title
  1. Views of Boston and vicinity [graphic] / by John P. Heywood.
Published by
  1. Boston and Gloucester, Mass. : Frank Rowell and Hervey Friend, 1860?-1870?
Author
  1. Heywood, John P.

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Additional authors
  1. Friend, Hervey.
  2. Rowell, Frank, 1832-
  3. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
  1. 61 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w; 88x178mm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Views of Boston: general view from the state house; street views showing tree-lined residential streets, commerical streets with trolleys, wagons, sign for S. Wing's photo rooms, pedestrians, incl. a worker with a basket on his back; streets full of snow, one view showing a man "digging out"; streets include Beacon, Park Street Mall, State St., Worcester St. Washington St. and Winter St; the State House, the old State House, Custom House, Kings Chapel, Old South Church, interior of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, interior of "Dr. Gannett's Church," Scollay's building, Boylston Market, Fanueil Hall, Public Library, City Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the interior of an apothecary shop, the Physical lecture room at M.I.T.; Harbor scenes including view of Ft. Winthrop form S. Boston Point, a tug pulling a sailing vessel, ferry boat making a crossing, general view showing sailing vessels, a view of the Copmmodores's home and guns at the Navy Yard; park views including tree-covered Park St. Mall, Bunker Hill Monument, the Old Elm, fountain at Boston Common, a woman selling apples in Park square, pine bank at Jamaica Plain, views in the Public Garden including the bridge, a woman and girl near an (iron?) gazebo, people posing near fountain and pool, inlcuding a policeman, row houses visible beyond, the Lake at Mt. Auburn; view of a model of the Freeman's National Monument. Some views duplicated.
Subject
  1. Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)
  2. Massachusetts General Hospital
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  4. Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
  5. Bridges > Massachusetts > Boston
  6. Buildings > Massachusetts > Boston
  7. Capitols > Massachusetts > Boston
  8. Cemeteries > Massachusetts > Cambridge
  9. Churches > Massachusetts > Boston
  10. Classrooms > Massachusetts > Cambridge
  11. Universities & colleges > Massachusetts > Boston
  12. Customs houses > Massachusetts > Boston
  13. Dwellings > Massachusetts > Boston
  14. Ferries > Massachusetts > Boston
  15. Gazebos > Massachusetts > Boston
  16. Harbors > Massachusetts > Boston
  17. Hospitals > Massachusetts > Boston
  18. Interior architecture > Massachusetts > Boston
  19. Libraries > Massachusetts > Boston
  20. Markets > Massachusetts > Boston
  21. Models
  22. Monuments & memorials > Massachusetts > Boston
  23. Occupations
  24. Parks > Massachusetts > Boston
  25. Peddlers > Massachusetts > Boston
  26. Pharmacies > Massachusetts > Boston
  27. Police > Massachusetts > Boston
  28. Sailing ships
  29. Sculpture > Massachusetts > Boston
  30. Snow > Massachusetts > Boston
  31. Streets > Massachusetts > Boston
  32. Towing > Massachusetts > Boston
  33. Tugboats
  34. Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
Genre/Form
  1. Albumen photoprints.
  2. Stereographs.
  3. Photoprints.
  4. Tax stamps.
Call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 90-F309
Note
  1. Includes view duplicated from a Heywood view published by American Stereoscopic Co.
  2. Some views have tax stamps affixed.
  3. Views are numbered: 63, 69, 71-75, 78, 81, 83, 87, 90, 92, 94, 104, 106, 107, 114, 118, 124, 125, 128, 131, 132, 188, 189, 193, 194, 196, 200, 400, 402-404, 409, 413, 436, 547, 549, 550, 552, 555, 562, 569, 575, 695, 696.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Author
  1. Heywood, John P., photographer.
Title
  1. Views of Boston and vicinity [graphic] / by John P. Heywood.
Imprint
  1. Boston and Gloucester, Mass. : Frank Rowell and Hervey Friend, 1860?-1870?
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite as:
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Friend, Hervey. Publisher
  2. Rowell, Frank, 1832- Publisher
  3. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 90-F309
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