Cornerstone ceremony, construction of the McKim Building

Cornerstone ceremony, construction of the McKim Building

Item Information

Title:
Cornerstone ceremony, construction of the McKim Building
Description:
Dignitaries mill about on platform at corner of Boylston and Dartmouth Streets after the cornerstone has been laid. Trinity Church in background to left. Photo No. 34 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
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:
1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35tx173
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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. 34. Nov. 28, 1888. Laying the Corner-Stone.
Accession #:
06_03_000038
Call #:
T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 1