Guastavino tile vaults under lobby south of Entrance Hall, construction of the McKim Building

Guastavino tile vaults under lobby south of Entrance Hall, construction of the McKim Building

Item Information

Title:
Guastavino tile vaults under lobby south of Entrance Hall, construction of the McKim Building
Description:
View from atop partially constructed wall along St. James Street, (now Blagden), near Dartmouth Street showing completed central arches of tile vaults to support floor of what would now be the elevator lobby south of Entrance Hall. Duplicate of 06_03_000084, photo No. 82 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works. Discolorations at four corners.
Photographer:
Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946
Architect:
McKim, Mead & White
Date:
July 13, 1889
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Albumen prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Trustees' Library
Series:
Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:
Public libraries
Building construction
Vaults (Architecture)
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:
1 photographic print : albumen silver print
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ms35v228m
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Image from: Boston Public Library : photographs taken during the construction of central library building for McKim, Mead, and White
Image caption: Sec. G9
Accession #:
06_03_000296
Call #:
T.R. 27. 38