Subway Entrance and Exit on Boston Common, Massachusetts, circa 1900

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Artifact Overview

This photograph shows passengers hurrying to and from subway entrances and exits in Boston Common, the busy urban park. Boston built the country's first subway system in 1897.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1900

Subject Date

circa 1900

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.011976

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten on back in pencil: Subway on Common. / S. Book On back: Photographer's negative number: 011976