The last of Dillon Street.
Creator(s)
Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910-2007, artist.
Title
The last of Dillon Street .
Link to library catalog
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=380694
Date
Jan . 1940 .
Physical description
1 drawing : watercolor and black ink ; 38.2 x 28 cm .
Summary
Subject : Depicts a steam shovel demolishing an old building . Dillon Street was located between Lenox and Sawyer Street in Boston's South End . This is one of a group of watercolors by Crite depicting the demolition of old buildings in the South End as part of Boston's urban renewal project .
Notes
Signature, artist's monogram, and date inscribed in ink l.l. of image. Title, artist's name and address inscribed in graphite on verso.
Local Notes
Gift of Allan Rohan Crite, February 1971, #1971.4 (no.12).
Subject(s)
Wrecking--Massachusetts--Boston--1940-1950. Urban renewal--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works. South End (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works. Dillon Street (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Watercolors--United States--1940-1950.
Provenance
Crite, Allan Rohan, 1910- donor
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required)
Source
A.U9.Cri.a.1940.l.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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