Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.
Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.
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Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.
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The temporary cornice was erected at the correct height above the south corner of the Facade to test that the proportions of the cornice were suited to the Facade. View from across Copley Square from Trinity Church, Huntington Avenue to left. Duplicate of 06_03_000129, photo No. 126 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.
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Image from: Boston Public Library : photographs taken during the construction of central library building for McKim, Mead, and White
Image caption: View of building from Trinity Church, Nov. 2, 1889.