Exterior view, Parker House Hotel, School Street, Boston, Mass.

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GUSN-356302

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Description

The Parker House Hotel towers over other buildings in the image. On the right side the back of King's Chapel can be seen. To the left of the Parker House is a building housing the J.B. Chisholm Printing Office, Gridley, auctioneers, and a bank at street level. Part of the entrance gate to old City Hall can be seen in the image.

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Descriptive Terms

exterior views
hotels (public accommodations)
commercial buildings
churches (buildings)
printers (people)
auctioneers
banks (financial institutions)
stereographs

Physical Descrption

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.7100.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Bates, Joseph L., 1806 or 1807-1886 (Photographer)

Material Type

stereographs

Subjects

Architectural photography
School Street (Boston, Mass.)
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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