St. Charles River view of Boston, Massachusetts
Bring a little Boston and Cambridge home.
Square Magnet · 4 × 4 inches
Between checking a list and leaving the kitchen, there is a moment to look at the small picture on the fridge. 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. Keep it beside a note or list you want to see again.
$8.99
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- 4" × 4"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-CHARLES-LOC-2011631157-12963-428-62035-COLOR-R1
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Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2011631157/
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Product details and care
Size/capacity: 4 × 4 inches
Care: Gently brush away dust with a clean, dry cloth, working outward from the center.
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St. Charles River view of Boston, Massachusetts
4 × 4 inch magnet. Matte laminated white vinyl with magnetic backing. For indoor use; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth.
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/2011631157/. Identify adaptation. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011631157/.
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