Scene in Winter Street, Boston, during the late snow storm

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Collection Type

Date

1857

GUSN

GUSN-198456

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Boston - Winter Street
Scene in Winter Street, Boston, during the late snow storm
(current record)

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Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
- Geographic locations
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston - Winter Street
      - New store of Hennessy & Co., Winter Street, Boston
      - Scene in Winter Street, Boston, during the late snow storm (current record)

Description

This engraving is a detailed view of the horse-drawn sleigh carriage for the Boston & Jamaica Plains line struggling through a snow storm. People shovel and walk nearby.

Details

Descriptive Terms

snow (precipitation)
shovels
sleighs
horse-drawn vehicles
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR270

Physical Descrption

1 news line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-20

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3600.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7 x 10.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Lawrence Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, W. L. (Artist)
Pierce, William J. (Engraver)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

good

Description Level

Item

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