Workmen laying the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building

Workmen laying the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building

Item Information

Title:
Workmen laying the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building
Description:
Recesses visible in bottom of cornerstone hold two copper boxes containing a time capsule that was removed during the restoration of the McKim Building in the 1990s. Photo No. 32 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works. Inscription on verso reads, "Photograph taken of corner-stone, Boston Public Library, showing the two copper boxes, November 28 1888. This photograph taken by Edward F. Stevens, Clerk of the Works."
Photographer:
Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946
Architect:
McKim, Mead & White
Date:
November 28, 1888
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Cyanotypes
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Public libraries
Building construction
Cornerstone laying
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:
1 photographic print : canotype
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35tx130
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
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Notes:
Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work August 1888 to Dec. 31, 1889
Image caption: No. 32.
Accession #:
06_03_000036
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 1