Faneuil Hall, Boston, circa 1860
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Railway passengers relied on entrepreneurial news agents and stationers to provide magazines, newspapers, cigars, candy, and other amenities to make traveling more enjoyable. John Cross probably offered a variety of stereographs showing Boston landmarks -- including this one of Faneuil Hall -- to travelers on southeastern Massachusetts' Old Colony railroad.
Railway passengers relied on entrepreneurial news agents and stationers to provide magazines, newspapers, cigars, candy, and other amenities to make traveling more enjoyable. John Cross probably offered a variety of stereographs showing Boston landmarks -- including this one of Faneuil Hall -- to travelers on southeastern Massachusetts' Old Colony railroad.
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
1870-1880
Subject Date
circa 1860
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.18
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 6.75 in
Inscriptions
front, left side: JOHN CROSS, / News Agent, Old Colony, R.R. / BOSTON, MASS. front, right side: JOHN CROSS, / STATIONER, OLD COLONY R.R. NEWS DEPOT, / All the Latest Magazines, Novels, &c., &c.
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