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    "label": "View of Watertown, Mass",
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    "title": "View of Watertown, Mass",
    "description": "Bailey published a view of Watertown using a format and style similar to the Newton view. However, he changed the orientation and depicted the town from the south (or Newton) side, looking north. Watertown and Newton shared a similar geographical location in relation to Boston, but this view shows that Watertowns economy was more diversified with its own industrial base. The legend identifies eighteen important structures, including two factories, a stock yard, two banks, two hotels, a railroad station, five churches, and a number of public buildings. The two factories, located on the Charles River, are prominently positioned in the center foreground. They manufactured cast iron stoves (Walker, Pratt Manufacturing Company) and paper (Hollingsworth and Whitney). The stock yard is also prominently displayed at the right side of the drawing. Strangely, the Watertown Arsenal, located just east (right) of the stock yard, is not included. The arsenal was a major U.S. Army installation for the storage and manufacture of munitions from 1816 to 1968. The only hint of its existence is the street named Arsenal Road running by the stock yard.",
    "date": "[\"1879\"]",
    "year": 1879,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:x633fc54w",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_001826",
    "creators": [
        "O.H. Bailey & Co"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
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        "Boston and New England Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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    "subjects": [
        "Watertown (Mass.)--Aerial views"
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        "Massachusetts",
        "Middlesex (county)",
        "North and Central America",
        "United States",
        "Watertown"
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    "county": "Middlesex",
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    "extent": "1 view ; 43 x 65 cm., on sheet 56 x 71 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Bird's-eye view.",
        "Includes index to points of interest and ancillary views of \"Residence of Leonard Whitney\" and \"Hollingsworth & Whitney.\""
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