/ Longfellow Bridge, Boston, 1914

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Title: Longfellow Bridge, Boston, 1914
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1914
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
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Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Longfellow Bridge, which is made up of arched sections and stone towers at the center. There are buildings visible at the left and beyond the bridge. There are light streaks at the bottom of the negative.
Text from negative sleeve: 431. Eastern trip, 1914. Boston. The bridge across the Charles River near Cambridge. It is said Longfellow wrote his poem "On the Bridge at Midnight" after being on this bridge. Couple other Boston scenes. Now unknown. 3 negatives.
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_000431_001
ark:/21198/zz002hqdmt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Bridges--Massachusetts--Boston
Longfellow Bridge (Boston and Cambridge, Mass.)
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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