"View of the New Alms House for the City of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, Erecting on Deer Island in Boston Harbor, 1849."

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1849

Location Note

HAV-01-702

GUSN

GUSN-369768

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Description

1 framed color lithograph

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
costume (mode of fashion)
children (people by age group)
toys (recreational artifacts)
almshouses (buildings)
almshouses (institutions)
prints (visual works)

Physical Descrption

1 framed color lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.352

Places

Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Winthrop (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 (Lithographer)
Richards, Joseph R., 1828-1900 (Delineator)

Material Type

prints (visual works)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HAV-01-702

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