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Source Description
Manuscript plan of Back Bay Fens and surrounding area showing layout and drainage, drawn on a map published by the Park Department in 1877. Derived from Olmsted's 1878 plan of the park.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
xw42rd29n
label
Back Bay park
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xw42rd29n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Back Bay park
description
Manuscript plan of Back Bay Fens and surrounding area showing layout and drainage, drawn on a map published by the Park Department in 1877. Derived from Olmsted's 1878 plan of the park.
date
["[1880]"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_018547
creators
Boston (Mass.). Department of Parks
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Fenway (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
City planning--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Sewerage--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Fens
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Manuscript maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Park Department
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Fens
extent
1 manuscript map : hand color, backed on cloth ; 81 x 135 cm
notes
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Manuscript note in ink: Made for J.B. Kendall dated Mar 4 1880. Park interior colored marsh green. Drew trees. Water lines with blue. Red lines estate as shown here.
Manuscript note in ink: Made colored plan for J.T. Eldridge April 13 1880 but dated it March 1880 showing lots numbered and approximate areas and on writing paper gave list of owners. This was to take the place of one furnished him.
Lacking list of lots and owners.
Includes property stamps from Fuller & Whitney, numbered 754 1/2.
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no
dcId
xw42rd29n
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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