Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.
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Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building.

Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Fletcher), 1860-1946 · November 10, 1889

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The temporary cornice was erected at the correct height above the south corner of the Facade to test that the proportions of the cornice were suited to the Facade. View from the sidewalk in front of the old Museum of Fine Arts. Photo No. 133 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.

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