About this image...

Image Title: Old Boston. Beacon Hill From Mt. Vernon St., Near The Head Of Hancock St., 1858

Creator: J.H. Bufford's Lith.,

Date: 1858

Summary: Print shows many laborers digging into Beacon Hill, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the time (ca. 1811) when Beacon Hill was being reduced in size, with a view of the Beacon Hill eagle monument, designed by Charles Bulfinch, on Beacon Hill, and William Thurston's house in the background.

Related Names: Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849|Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878

Subjects: Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)--1850-1860
Bulfinch, Charles,--1763-1844--Monuments
Carts & wagons--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Columns--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Digging--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Eagles--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Excavation--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Laborers--Massachusetts--Boston--1850-1860
Thurston, William--Homes & haunts

Places: Beacon Hill Boston, Mass.

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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