Broad Street, Providence
Broad Street, Providence
- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; handwritten on verso "Broad St- / Providence / Gift of W.W. Appleton / 29 Aug. 1927"; cobblestone street with street car rail tracks extending from left foreground to center background; street flanked by multi-level buildings; sidewalk in foreground at right with street lamp on it; brick building on right has sign on corner that reads in part "[?] & Griswold, / Diamond / Jewelers"; brick building on left has multiple signs that reads "Hats & Caps / Boots & Shoes"; people walking along sidewalk, out of focus
- Object Name
- stereograph
- date made
- mid-late 1800s
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island, Providence
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0639
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0639
- subject
- Street
- Street Railways
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Advertising
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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