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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West standing beside the Frog Pond at Boston Common. A park lawn stretches across the bottom edge and back on an angle to the left. A brick-paved walkway runs alongside it to the right. On the other side of the walkway, the Frog Pond enters frame from the right and stretches back towards center. H. H. West stands at center, along the left edge of the man-made pond. He looks to the camera. The wide walkway appears to extend around the perimeter of the pond. Along the left edge of the walkway, park visitors sit on benches that line the walkway and overlook the pond. Trees stand around the pond as it stretches into the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2351 Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1 Marker of redoubt on Bunker Hill 2 H.H.West beside Frog pond in the Common 3 Same - close up 4 H.H.West at Crispus Atticks [sic] shaft in the commons 5 Mertie West reading tablet in corner of commons 6 & 7 Tomb of Paul Revere in Old Granary burying ground. H.H.West by new shaft 8 H.H.West knocking on door of Paul Revere house. It was Sunday and not open for visitors
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2351_006 ark:/21198/zz002j3m8w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lakes & ponds--Massachusetts--Boston Boston Common (Boston, Mass.) Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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