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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo

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Boston: 70–73 Beacon Street

1934
20th century
187 x 240 mm (7.4 x 9.4 in.)

Berenice Abbott, American, (1898–1991)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print

Series: from American Cities before the Civil War: The Urban Vernacular of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties

Edition: From “American Cities before the Civil War: The Urban Vernacular of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties” by Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr., a 1934 Wesleyan University Architectural Exhibition. The exhibition included the DAC’s group of 50 vintage architectural photographs taken in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and other cities and towns in the Northeast.

Marks: Signed in red pencil beneath photograph, lower right: “Berenice Abbott”; stamped on verso of mount board, lower right: “Photo / Berenice Abbott / 56 West 53rd Street / New York City”

Credit Line: Commissioned by Wesleyan University with the assistance of the Carnegie Corporation, 1934

Accession Number: 1979.30.4.13

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architecture*, Boston*, cities*, Massachusetts*, New England*, Northeastern United States*

architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
Boston - TGN 7013445
cities - Distinctions among villages, towns, and cities are relative and vary according to their individual regional contexts. Generally, cities designate large or important communities with population, status, and internal complexity greater than most towns in the region. [May 1996 related term added. January 1993 related term added.]
Massachusetts - TGN 7007517
New England - TGN 7014203 (general region): Refers to several states settled by English colonists, including Connecticut, Maine, Massaschusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The coastline has many harbors. It is on a broad continental shelf, with forested hills inland. It was inhabited by the 9th mill. BCE; the Algonquians were here when the Europeans settled in early 17th century.
Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

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image Dimensions: 187 x 240 mm (7.4 x 9.4 in.)

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Credit Caption

Berenice Abbott, American, (1898–1991) . Boston: 70–73 Beacon Street, 1934. From American Cities before the Civil War: The Urban Vernacular of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties. Gelatin silver print. image : 187 x 240 mm (7.4 x 9.4 in.). DAC accession number 1979.30.4.13. Commissioned by Wesleyan University with the assistance of the Carnegie Corporation, 1934. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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