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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 66000368 Photograph of the interior of Faneuil Hall's Great Hall, as viewed looking towards the stage. Columns of the Doric order stand in the foreground, off-center to the right. They recede back in an angled row towards the front of the auditorium. To the left of the columns, chairs are lined up in rows and face towards the back of the image. In the near distance, a stage stretches across the image, off-center to the left. A podium and chairs sit towards the front of the stage. At the back of the stage, flags and busts stand against the auditorium's back wall. Several large paintings are affixed to the back wall as well. Entering frame at left, a balcony lining the upper gallery is visible. Text from negative sleeve: 2350. Eastern trip Boston October 1947 1 Interior Fanueihl [sic] Hall showing painting over stage Daniel Webster replying to Hayne 2 Mertie West sitting in Fanueil [sic] Hall. Painting of George Washington at right of stage 3 Mertie West standing at entrance First Methodist Church in Boston in Italian center 4 WEST street down by the market 5 & 6 View of Holy Name parade from our hotel window (Statler) 7 Mertie West talking to caretaker at Bunker Hill monument 8 Mertie West at corner at entrance to Bunker Hill monument park
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2350_001 ark:/21198/zz002j3ktp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Decoration and ornament--Federal style Galleries (Display spaces)--Massachusetts--Boston Auditoriums--Massachusetts--Boston Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.)
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