Boston, Massachusetts, from the Charles River
Bring a little Boston and Cambridge home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
A desk holds the things you need for work; there can be room for a local picture beside them too. Open water and the banks of the Charles give Boston and Cambridge a shared view, with the managed basin behind the landscape's broad setting.
The Charles River Basin was shaped by the dam completed in 1910, which transformed a tidal estuary into a managed basin. Later Esplanade work in the 1930s and 1950s changed the banks again. The open water in this view belongs to a landscape made through successive public projects.
The basin connects open water with successive public engineering and park projects, keeping the river's familiar appearance tied to the work that shaped its banks. Set it on a desk or shelf where you can notice the view.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-CHARLES-LOC-2011632378-14184-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
Add a local view to your desk
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Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2011632378/
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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
Boston, Massachusetts, from the Charles River
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, ['[between 1980 and 2006]']. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011632378/. Identify adaptation. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011632378/.
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