Date1856
DimensionsOverall: 15 in. x 10 1/16 in. (38.1 cm x 25.56 cm)
Object numberPrint-5061/RP-774
DescriptionThis is a page extracted from the periodical Ballou's Pictorial. The print images include a cityscape of Boston from the vantage point of the water as well as an image of the monument to George Washington in Union Park in New York City.
MarkingsPrinted in ink on the upper edge of the sheet: "Ballou's Pictorial".
Printed in ink below the upper image (left to right): "M.M. Ballou, {Corner of Tremont / and Bromfield Sts.", "Boston, Saturday, August 30, 1856.", "$ 3,00 Per Annum. / 6 Cents Single. } Vol. XI., No. 9.-- Whole No. 269.".
Printed in ink on either side of the sheet are two columns of text.
Pritned in ink on the bottom edge of the sheet: "The New Washington Monument, In Union Park, New York.".
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