Bronze Plaque marking site of Griffin's Wharf and Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, 4949-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-390714

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Monuments and statues
Bronze Plaque marking site of Griffin's Wharf and Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, 4949-B
(current record)

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Monuments and statues
    - Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, 4881-B
    - Tablet erected commemorating the purchase of land from William Blackstone for a field and the feeding of cattle, which is now the Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts, 4918-B
    - Statue of William Ellery Channing, in the Boston Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, 4958-B
    - Bronze Plaque marking site of Griffin's Wharf and Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, 4949-B (current record)

Description

The image shows a bronze plaque marking the site of Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Boston Tea Party took place. The plaque features an inscription detailing the historical event that occurred on December 16, 1773, when citizens of Boston, partly disguised as Native Americans, boarded British ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the sea to protest the tea tax. An illustration of ships and a decorative border accompany the text.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plaques (flat objects)
bronze (metal)
landmarks
wharves
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP025989
B-Series negative 4949-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC020

Collection Name

William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Reference Code

PC020.001.007.4949-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Clark, William T. (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

NEEDS PRESERVATION: This negative is broken in multiple places.

Description Level

Item

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