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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Holy Name Society convention's parade marching along a Boston street, as viewed from the West's hotel. The parade is viewed from an elevated perspective. Statler Park enters frame from the lower left corner. A building stands behind the park and along the left edge. Signage on one of its street-level businesses reads, "[...]TORS PLYMOUTH." To the right, the Holy Name Society convention's parade marches along Stuart Street. The street passes through the image on an upward angle from the lower right corner to the left, disappearing behind the building at left. Large crowds of spectators line both sides of the street. Some also stand in Statler Park. Buildings stand along the opposite side of the street. The surrounding neighborhood stretches behind them and into the distance. 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_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3kzr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cityscapes Parades & processions--Massachusetts--Boston Parks--Massachusetts--Boston Meetings--Massachusetts--Boston Boston (Mass.) Holy Name Society
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