File:Members of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library and Boston City Council pose with mock-up of cornerstone for McKim Building assembled at the Milford Quarry (2388387322).jpg

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File name: 06_03_000273

Call no.: T.R. 27. 38

Title: Members of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library and Boston City Council pose with mock-up of cornerstone for McKim Building assembled at the Milford Quarry

Creator/Contributor: Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946 (photographer); McKim, Mead & White (architect)

Date created: 1888-10-10

Physical description: 1 photographic print : albumen silver print

Summary: Trustee Frederick O. Prince, Ex-Mayor of Boston to left, Trustee Phineas Pierce to right, pose on granite blocks temporarily assembled at the Milford Pink Granite Company Quarry. Duplicate of 06_03_000016, Photo No. 13 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works, taken October, 10, 1888. Discoloration along right side of original from repairs with tape. White spot covers most of left figure's face (Prince).

Genre: Albumen prints

Notes: Image from: Boston Public Library : photographs taken during the construction of central library building for McKim, Mead, and White ; Image caption: Dec 5, 1888

Subjects: Granite quarrying; Public libraries; Cornerstones; Boston Public Library; Prince, Frederick O. (Frederick Octavius), 1818-1899; Pierce, Phineas

Collection: Trustees’ Library

Location: Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department

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Author Boston Public Library

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