[Centennial Band at the Franklin Building.]

Abstract

SV349 — Nelson Dionne Collection. View from the corner of Newbury Street and Forrester St. (now Washington Square West and South Washington Square) of a band assembled on Newbury St. outside the (non-extant) Franklin Building for the centennial celebration on July 4, 1876. Published by J.W. & J.S. Moulton, 256 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., c. 1876. The site of the Franklin Building is now home to the Hawthorne Hotel. To the right, the tower of St. Mary's Church is visible. Below the tower are visible non-extant buildings between Elm and Walnut Streets, now the site of Hawthorne Boulevard.