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City Hall. Custom House. Court House. Eastern RR Station, View of the city hall, a customs office, the courtroom and a train station in Salem, page, photomechanical print, Salem (Massachusetts), maker: Heliotype Printing Company, Boston (Massachusetts), 1879-04, photographer, North America, Massachusetts, paper, photoaquatint, height 165 mm x width 241 mm, Prints opposite page 56., station, shelter (railway, tramway), town hall, court building, customs, A sepia-toned page shows four photographic images of buildings arranged in a two-by-two grid. The top left image depicts a classical rectangular building with a centered entrance reached by steps, flanked by tall windows and bare trees casting shadows on the facade, with adjacent narrower structures visible at the sides. The top right image shows a larger brick building with a columned portico and a broad staircase leading to an elevated entrance, chimneys rising from the roof, and a street extending away between rows of buildings. The bottom left image displays a monumental structure with a wide pediment and tall columns at the front, a wrought fence along the sidewalk, and a neighboring building with arched windows. The bottom right image depicts a stone station-like building with twin towers and an arched opening at street level, a locomotive and small figures near the entrance, and surrounding low-rise buildings and utility poles.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_213

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City Hall Custom House Court House Eastern RR Station View city hall customs office courtroom train station Salem page photomechanical print Massachusetts maker Heliotype Printing Company Boston 1879-04 photographer North America paper photoaquatint height 165 mm x width 241 mm Prints opposite page 56 station shelter railway tramway town hall court building customs sepia-toned page four photographic images buildings arranged two- -two grid top left image depicts classical rectangular building centered entrance reached steps flanked tall windows bare trees casting shadows facade adjacent narrower structures visible sides top right image larger brick building columned portico broad staircase leading elevated entrance chimneys rising roof street extending away rows buildings bottom image displays monumental structure wide pediment tall columns front wrought fence sidewalk neighboring building arched windows bottom right image depicts stone station- building twin towers arched opening street level locomotive small figures near entrance surrounding low-rise buildings utility poles