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Charles River Embankment from Harvard Bridge (14410515831)

Bring a little Boston home.

Unframed Matte Poster · 11 × 14 inches

Give the wall beside your reading space a picture with details to notice when you look up from a page. 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. Choose the size for your wall, then frame the view to suit the room.

$19.99

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11″ x 14″ / Matte
SKU
FH-BULK-CHARLES-CR-103-282-43135-COLOR-R1

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Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
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.
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
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Product details and care
Material: 175 g/m² archival matte paper; pigment ink
Size/capacity: 11 × 14 inches and/or 18 × 24 inches, according to the enabled native variants
Care: If dust gathers, wipe gently with a clean, dry cloth. Indoor display.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/282/generic-brand/matte-vertical-posters
Original product information and credits

Charles River Embankment from Harvard Bridge (14410515831).jpg

Matte heritage poster in 11 × 14 and 18 × 24 inch sizes. The full landmark composition is centered with a white border.

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.