Business card for Baldwin Coolidge, photographic specialist, 146 Tremont Street, Room 3, Boston, Mass., 1880s

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

Baldwin Coolidge was active as a professional photographer from the late 1870s until 1917.Throughout his career, Coolidge photographed famous and historic locations in Boston such as the Public Garden, Boston Common, T-Wharf while it was standing, Trinity Church, the Boston Public Library, Salada Tea Headquarters while it was under construction, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Coolidge's emphasis as a photographer tends to be on the street or building as a whole, rather than on specific details.