Institute Park with Band Shell
Artist
Frederick K. Coulson
(American, 1869–1931)
DateMay 20, 1891
Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper
Dimensions24.8 x 29.2 cm (sheets), 25.4 x 20.5 x 2.0 cm (bound)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund
Object number2010.271.107
DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.In 1887 Stephen Salisbury III gave the city 18 acres of land to create Institute Park. Intended as an adjunct to the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and as an open space for the public, Institute Park was maintained by Salisbury during his lifetime. Here, the newly constructed gazebo and the boathouse behind, both funded by Salisbury, contrast with the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company on Grove Street. By the 1890s, Washburn and Moen was one of the nation's largest wire manufacturers.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.25, plate 4
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA
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