Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Washington Elm and Arch, Lexington, MA
1875
T. Lewis
USA: Massachusetts, Cambridgeport
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 3 1/4 x 6 11/16 x 1/8 in.; 8.255 x 16.9863 x .3175 cm
Gift of Helder S. Costa
99.006.3

Sepia-tone stereocard photograph of the Washington elm and arch in Lexington, MA; reads, "Birthplace of the American Army"; obverse reads, "1775 / Centennial Views / 1875," and "Lexington, Concord, Boston, Cambridge"; reverse has list of 66 sites in Massachusetts and the dates the photographs were taken; reads "The Subject represented on this card is underlined. / Photographed and Published by T. LEWIS, Cambridgeport, Mass." The site that is underlined on this card is "56. Washington Elm and Arch," "Cambridge, July 3rd, 1875."