Interior of The Westminster Arcade

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Alden, Augustus Ephraim
Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph mounted on mint green cardstock; printed on recto "Providence, R.I. / American Stereoscopic Views. / No. 6.--The Arcade.--Interior."; The Westerminster Arcade, 130 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island; long interior commercial space with three levels and skylights overhead; three signs for a photographer's studio read "Alden's Ferrotype Room's Best Place for Pictures", "Alden's Photograph Rooms" and "A.E. Alden's Photograph Rooms 63."; photograph likely made by A.E. Alden himself
late 1860s
ID Number
2012.3033.0637
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0637
Object Name
stereograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
place made
United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Advertising
Photography
National Museum of American History
Subject
Shopping
Architecture, Commercial Buildings
Record ID
nmah_1899757
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-47d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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