The Sphinx, Mount Auburn Cemetery Civil War Memorial, Cambridge, Massachusetts, H-01302a

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1914-07-10

GUSN

GUSN-378970

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Massachusetts
Cambridge
The Sphinx, Mount Auburn Cemetery Civil War Memorial, Cambridge, Massachusetts, H-01302a
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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Massachusetts
    - Cambridge

Description

The image shows the Sphinx memorial at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The sculpture, depicting a sphinx, is mounted on a rectangular stone pedestal with inscribed text visible on its side. The surrounding area features trees and some grave markers in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
historic sites
war memorials
civil wars
sphinxes
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008510
Halliday negative H-01302a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.016.H-01302a

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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