Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1082a

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378508

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Description

The image shows Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts. It features numerous gravestones of varying shapes and sizes scattered throughout a tree-dappled area. Several mature trees are visible, providing shade within the cemetery, and in the background, there are residential buildings partially obscured by the foliage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
historic sites
headstones (tombstones)
hills
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008038
Halliday negative H-1082a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.010.H-1082a

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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