Longfellow Bridge
Bring a little Boston and Cambridge home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
Set down the pen and take a moment to look up from the desk. Longfellow Bridge's piers and towers give the Charles crossing a recognizable form, with the Boston and Cambridge streets connected through the open water.
Longfellow Bridge was built between 1900 and 1907 under engineers William Jackson and Edmund Wheelwright. It replaced the West Boston Bridge route across the Charles. Its piers and towers make that transport history visible, linking the river's open water with the streets of Boston and Cambridge.
The bridge carries the earlier West Boston crossing route into a new engineering form, keeping transport history within the towers and spans of this Charles view. Make room beside the pen cup or books, keeping the small display within reach of an ordinary day's work at home.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-CHARLES-LOC-2019689708-57284-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
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Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2019689708/
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 7 inches
Care: Handle carefully; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Indoor use.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/5344/generic-brand/slate-desk-plaque
Original product information and credits
Aerial view of downtown Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston
7 × 11 in Slate Desk Plaque
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Carol M. Highsmith, 2019-04-28.. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019689708/. Identify adaptation. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019689708/.
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