Interior of The Westminster Arcade

Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on mint green cardstock; printed on recto "Providence, R.I. / American Stereoscopic Views. / No. 6.--The Arcade.--Interior."; The Westerminster Arcade, 130 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island; long interior commercial space with three levels and skylights overhead; three signs for a photographer's studio read "Alden's Ferrotype Room's Best Place for Pictures", "Alden's Photograph Rooms" and "A.E. Alden's Photograph Rooms 63."; photograph likely made by A.E. Alden himself

Date Made: late 1860s

Maker: Alden, Augustus Ephraim

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Providence

Subject: ShoppingArchitecture, Commercial Buildings

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Advertising, Photography

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0637Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0637

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-47d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899757

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