(MASSACHUSETTS) Photograph of a Franklin celebration in down

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(MASSACHUSETTS.) Photograph of a Franklin celebration in downtown Boston. Albumen print, 14 x 10 1/2 inches, on original plain mount; moderate foxing, inked caption on mount recto. [Boston], 17 September 1856

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This parade was held to celebrate the unveiling of a large Benjamin Franklin statue which still stands in from of Boston's old City Hall--the first statue of a person erected in the city. This view shows the procession heading southeast along Court Street through a throng of spectators toward the Old State House, visible in the background. Large American flags have been hung from a line across the street. A very similar view is held by Tufts University, credited to Southworth & Hawes.