The laying of the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building

The laying of the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building

Item Information

Title:
The laying of the cornerstone, construction of the McKim Building
Description:
Dignitaries crowd platform at corner of Boylston and Dartmouth Streets as the cornerstone is lowered into place. Trinity Church in background to left. Photo No. 33 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.
Photographer:
Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946
Architect:
McKim, Mead & White
Date:
November 28, 1888
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Public libraries
Building construction
Cornerstone laying
Trinity Church (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:
1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35tx15j
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. 33. Nov. 28, 1888. Laying of Corner-Stone.
Accession #:
06_03_000037
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 1