Swans swimming in pond in the Public Gardens, Boston, Mass., ARB-145

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1898-1909

GUSN

GUSN-374190

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
Series 1: Negatives
Subseries B: Subjects
Gardens/ Statues (negatives ARB142-148)
Swans swimming in pond in the Public Gardens, Boston, Mass., ARB-145
(current record)

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
- Series 1: Negatives
  - Subseries B: Subjects
    - Gardens/ Statues (negatives ARB142-148)
      - Swans swimming in pond in the Public Gardens, Boston, Mass., ARB-142
      - View of buildings from Public Garden, Boston, Mass., ARB-143
      - Exterior view of doorway to unidentified church, Boston, Mass., ARB-144
      - Swans swimming in pond in the Public Gardens, Boston, Mass., ARB-145 (current record)
      - Exterior view of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., ARB-146
      - Exterior view of unidentified church, Boston, Mass., ARB-147
      - Exterior view of unidentified house, Boston, Mass., ARB-148

Description

The image depicts swans by a pond in the Public Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts. One swan is standing on the grassy bank while another is swimming in the water. The background features trees and a park landscape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Cygnus (genus)
ponds (water)
public gardens
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP004064
Brown negative ARB-145

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC018

Collection Name

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

Reference Code

PC018.1.2.7.ARB-145

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Alice Augusta Rogerson, 1851-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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