Charles River Embankment from Harvard Bridge (14410515831)
Bring a little Boston home.
Metal Art Sign · 7 × 5 inches
At the end of a few errands, setting down your keys leaves a moment to notice the view near the door. The Charles embankment is seen from Harvard Bridge, giving the riverbank itself a place in the picture rather than making the crossing its sole subject.
A Boston Transit Commission photograph records the Charles River embankment from Harvard Bridge on October 5, 1910. Later park expansions and Storrow Drive changed this shoreline. The historical view preserves an earlier stage in that transformation, when engineering along the river was reshaping the city's relationship with its water.
The embankment connects the basin's engineering with later park expansion and road changes, keeping an earlier shoreline stage within Boston's riverfront story. Give it a small indoor wall space where the picture can be seen.
$86.99
- Selected option
- 7" x 5" (Horizontal) / 0.12''
- SKU
- FH-BULK-CHARLES-CR-103-1206-91993-COLOR-R1
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Historical sources
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Source credit and attribution
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_River_Embankment_from_Harvard_Bridge_(14410515831).jpg
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Artwork adapted from the credited source. Changes include illustration, color interpretation and composition. Retain the creator credit, source and Creative Commons license link.
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 7 × 5 inches; approximately 0.12 inch (3 mm) thick
Care: Spot clean with nonabrasive, nonammonium products or dish soap and warm water. Indoor use.
Mounting block, metal plate and double-sided tape included; customer assembly required
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/1206/generic-brand/metal-art-sign
Original product information and credits
Charles River Embankment from Harvard Bridge (14410515831).jpg
7 × 5 in Horizontal Metal Wall Art
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Boston Transit Commission, Charles River Embankment from Harvard Bridge, 5 October 1910. Public Works Department photograph collection, 5000.009, item 5000_009_0368, City of Boston Archives, Boston. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/14410515831/ CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; identify changes. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_River_Embankment_from_Harvard_Bridge_(14410515831).jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.
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