The Old South Church

The Old South Church

Item Information

Title:
The Old South Church
Date:
[ca. 1876]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Periodical illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:
Churches & Cemeteries > Old South Church & Meeting House
Subjects:
Churches
Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Downtown Crossing
Old South Meeting House
Extent:
1 print ; 4 3/4 x 9 in.
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Includes:
Old South Church, Washington and Milk Streets, built 1729. Bound book containing 16 illustrations of church building, 3 portraits of pastors, 1 misc. ticket and 1 illustration of New Old South Church.
Notes:
Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
Published in: Centennial patriotism illustrated, unknown date
Left image caption: 1776--A British riding school. Middle image caption: As worshipped in for a century, and handed down to us for preservation. Right image caption: 1876--The "Preservation" proposed.
Original illustration is from the Boston Globe.
The effort to save the Old South Church/Meeting House, after its congregation had moved to Copley Square, is referred to in this humorous illustration. Its future was secured by intense fund-raising among wealthy Bostonians in October of 1876.
Notes (acquisition):
Acquired from E. Billings, Nov. 18, 1905
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
08_02_000295