Image of an elevated street view of the Boston and Providence Railroad station, clock tower, and surrounding buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, trolleys, and horseback riders on the street in the foreground. Probable date based on building history; the station opened in 1874. "The Hatch Lith. Co, 32 & 34 Vesey St. N.Y. & 8 Summer St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 47.63 x 59.21 cm (18 3/4 x 23 5/16 in.)
Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads Commercial streets--Pictorial works Local transit--Pictorial works Railroads--Buildings and structures--Pictorial works Railroad stations--Pictorial works Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Railroad The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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