Newspaper Row, Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906

THF203422 / Newspaper Row, Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1906
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Artifact Overview

Trolleys, carriages, and pedestrians travel down Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in this 1906 photograph. Because of the number of Boston publishers located within blocks of each other, Washington Street was known as Newspaper Row.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1906

Creator Notes

Photographed by Henry G. Peabody. Published by the Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.019623

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown
Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 in
Width: 7.5 in

Inscriptions

On verso: In pencil: Newspaper Row, Washington St. Boston, Mass / 3257 / P In grease pencil: C / 5 ? P.C. / (cropping marks) / 019623 Stamped in red-purple ink: N.Y.