Franklin Park from west end of overlook looking north, Roxbury, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Franklin Park from west end of overlook looking north, Roxbury, Mass.
Description:
A view of the construction of the Overlook, a building that combined a scenic viewing platform and changing facilities for people using the fields in the Playstead area of Franklin Park in Boston. A large group of men work on the wall and the road in front of the structure. There are many horse-drawn carts and wagons at the site.The building was partially constructed of boulders from the Playstead.
Photographer:
Brown, Edmund K.
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
building sites
walls
field houses
overlooks
parks (public recreation areas)
construction workers
carts
labor
Emerald Necklace (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Park (Boston, Mass.)
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Roxbury
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/195357
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
195357
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.010