Old Corner Book Store Building "as it is today", c. 1950's-1960's

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Date

undated

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-F-3

GUSN

GUSN-362365

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Description

In this image dating from the 1950's-1960's, the historic Old Corner Bookstore building is occupied by a pizza shop and surrounded by other commercial buildings in this photograph. An advertisement promotes Second Federal Savings at 19 School Street. A large sign blocking part of the building is for the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. This photogrpah was taken by George M. Cushing. Jr.

This building still stands today and is occupied by a Chipotle restaurant. The Old Corner Bookstore was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is a site on Boston's Freedom Trail.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fast food restaurants
discount houses
billboards (site elements)
furriers
historic buildings
American Colonial
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8760.006

Acqusition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Date Notes

c. 1950's-1960's

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Cushing, George M., Jr. (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Cushing, George M., Jr.

Other Organizations

Boston Five Cents Savings Bank

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-F-3

Processing Information

Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, October 2023.

Rules and Conventions

DACS 2nd edition

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

"Constructed in 1718, the Old Corner Bookstore is downtown Boston’s oldest commercial building and was home to the 19th-century publishing giant Ticknor and Fields, producer of many venerable American titles including Thoreau’s Walden, Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Longfellow's Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and the Atlantic Monthly including Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic. Saved from demolition in 1960, the building’s leases help subsidize important historic preservation projects in Boston’s neighborhoods."

Source: Historic Boston Inc. "Old Corner Bookstore." The Freedom Trail, n.d. https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/trail-sites/old-corner-bookstore.

Sources


Historic Boston Inc. "Old Corner Bookstore." The Freedom Trail, n.d. https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/trail-sites/old-corner-bookstore.

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