G. K. PROCTOR SALEM MASS STEREOVIEW BREWER FOUNTAIN BOSTON COMMON BOSTON MA

G. K. PROCTOR SALEM MASS STEREOVIEW BREWER FOUNTAIN BOSTON COMMON BOSTON MA

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G. K. PROCTOR SALEM MASS STEREOVIEW BREWER FOUNTAIN BOSTON COMMON BOSTON MA:
$12.95

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  • Offered for sale is an early stereoview by G. K. Proctor, 206 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. The stereoview is from the set VIEWS OF SALEM & VICINITY and titled in old handwritting as follows on back side of frame ----

    FOUNTAIN BOSTON COMMON - The scene actually shows the Brewer Fountain in the Boston Common --

    Fountainstands near the corner of Park and Tremont Streets inBoston,Massachusetts, by Park Street Station. The 22-foot-tall (6.7 m), 15,000-pound (6,800kg) bronze fountain, cast inParis, was a gift to the city byGardner Brewer. It began to function for the first time on June 3, 1868. It is a copy of the original, featured at the1855 Paris World Fair, designed by French artistMichel Joseph Napoléon Liénard.

    At least sixteen other copies exist, including one on Av. Cordoba y Cerrito in Buenos Aires and inSalvador de Bahia, Brazil.The fountain is decorated with the figures ofNeptune,Amphitrite(Neptune\'s wife), andAcis and Galatea, a couple fromGreek mythology.It fell into disrepair and finally stopped functioning entirely in 2003. A major repair project began in 2009.After a year-long $640,000 off-site restoration led by sculpture conservator Joshua Craine of Daedalus Inc., it was re-dedicated on May 26, will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $2.99. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $2.99, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

    I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $9.18 and will combine ship. This increase is due to the new postal service rates.


G. K. PROCTOR SALEM MASS STEREOVIEW BREWER FOUNTAIN BOSTON COMMON BOSTON MA:
$12.95

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