Copp's Hill Burying Ground and the Singleton House, Charter Street, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1144a

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378678

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Description

The image depicts Copp's Hill Burying Ground with numerous gravestones visible in the foreground. In the background, there is the Singleton House and other buildings along Charter Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Trees without leaves are also part of the scene and a wrought iron fence separates the burying ground from the buildings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
historic sites
headstones (tombstones)
houses
residential structures
exterior views
historic houses
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008210
Halliday negative H-1144a

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-1144a

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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