Old Charlestown Burying Ground, Phipps St., dates from 1638, Charlestown, Mass.

Old Charlestown Burying Ground, Phipps St., dates from 1638, Charlestown, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Old Charlestown Burying Ground, Phipps St., dates from 1638, Charlestown, Mass.
Description:
Here lie John Harvard, founder of Harvard University, Thomas Beecher, ancestor of the famous Beecher family, and many other famous characters of Colonial days. Tombstones in this ground were all that was left standing of Charlestown when it was destroyed by fire by the British in 1775.
Photographer:
Abdalian, Leon H., 1884-1967
Name on Item:
Leon H. Abdalian, Photographer
Date:
[ca. 1920–1960]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leon Abdalian Collection
Subjects:
Cemeteries
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Phipps Street Burying Ground
Extent:
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 17 x 22 cm
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Notes:
Title from item or material accompanying item.
Abdalian identifier no. 3051; 1
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Accession #:
08_01_A_002700
Identifier:
3051
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