Franklin St. at Arch Street. The old Boston Library over the arch

Franklin St. at Arch Street. The old Boston Library over the arch

Item Information

Title:
Franklin St. at Arch Street. The old Boston Library over the arch
Date:
[1853]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:
Public Buildings > Libraries
Subjects:
Libraries
Buildings
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Former site of the Boston Library, Boston Massachusetts
Extent:
1 photographic print ; 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mk61v281g
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
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Notes:
Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
The Boston Library Society was a subscription library founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1792, and officially incorporated in 1794. The library operated out of rooms over the arch in the Tontine Crescent located on Franklin Street, and designed by Charles Bulfinch. (Catalogue of the books of the Boston Library Society, in Franklin place, January, 1844)
Notes (acquisition):
From Wm. Lowell Reed
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
08_02_002734