Dignitaries converse in front of mock-up of cornerstone for McKim Building, assembled at Milford Quarry

Dignitaries converse in front of mock-up of cornerstone for McKim Building, assembled at Milford Quarry

Item Information

Title:
Dignitaries converse in front of mock-up of cornerstone for McKim Building, assembled at Milford Quarry
Description:
Group including former Mayor of Boston Frederick O. Prince and several Councilmen of the City of Boston converse in front of the granite blocks that will compose the cornerstone of the McKim Building, temporarily assembled at the Milford Pink Granite Company. Photo No. 16 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.
Photographer:
Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946
Architect:
McKim, Mead & White
Date:
October 10, 1888
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Albumen prints
Portrait photographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Granite quarrying
Public libraries
Cornerstones
Government officials
Prince, Frederick O. (Frederick Octavius), 1818-1899
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Milford
Extent:
1 photographic print : albumen silver print
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Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
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No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work August 1888 to Dec. 31, 1889
Image caption: No. 16.
Accession #:
06_03_000019
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 1