Boston Public Library Public Art Photograph Collection
These photos were taken by photographers employed by the Boston Public Library during the summer of 2020, as part of a project to document public spaces in several Boston neighborhoods during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. These photos depict murals, sculptures, commemorative plaques, painted electrical boxes, and other works of public art in Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End, and surrounding areas. The collection was donated to Northeastern University by the Boston Public Library.
Faces of Dudley Square mural by Mike Womble, created in 1995 in Roxbury. Learn more at the mural's Wikidata entry page here.
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yet been demolished.
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public art mural paintings (visual works) 1995 1995 These photos were taken by photographers employed by the Boston Public Library during the summer of 2020, as a project to document public spaces in several Boston neighborhoods during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The photos depict murals, sculptures, commemorative plaques, painted electrical boxes, and other works of public art in Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End, and surrounding areas. The collection was donated to Northeastern
University by the Boston Public Library, as part of the partnership between the institutions through the Boston Research Center. Roxbury 2387 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02119 Massachusetts Boston Roxbury 2387 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02119 Massachusetts Boston Public art Public art 42.32912918,-71.08512163 42.32912918,-71.08512163 http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20466233 BAC_0186 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q107689869 http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20466233 Public art Faces of Dudley Boston Research Center. Neighborhood Public Art in Boston Faces of Dudley faces of dudley 1995/01/01 42.32912918,-71.08512163 Faces of Dudley 1995 Roxbury 2387 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02119 Public art Massachusetts Boston 42.32912918,-71.08512163 Womble, Mike Womble, Mike Mayor's Mural Crew Womble, Mike info:fedora/afmodel:CoreFile info:fedora/neu:2r36v232q 2022-10-18T17:58:48.028Z