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

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1914-07-10

GUSN

GUSN-378971

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Description

The image depicts a sphinx statue serving as a Civil War memorial at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The sphinx is positioned on a stone plinth, and the surrounding area features trees and headstones. An inscription is visible on the base of the statue.

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Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008511
Halliday negative H-01302b

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-01302b

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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