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Beal’s Photographic View of Boston. From the Top of Grand Junction Elevator, East Boston, 1877

Beal’s Photographic View of Boston. From the Top of Grand Junction Elevator, East Boston, 1877 Gelatin silver print photograph
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Gelatin silver print photograph by J. H. Beal & Company

Image: 315 cm x 34.5 cm; on paper: 323.4 cm x 51.2 cm. [Please note: The photograph is depicted in its entirety but the full paper mount isn't visible in the digital image.]


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This detailed photograph of Boston is a panoramic composite created by capturing a series of views on glass plate negatives and then piecing them together. The image was taken in East Boston from the top of the Grand Junction Railroad and Depot Company elevator, which is now Piers Park.