Market St. Portsmouth, N.H.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Market St. Portsmouth, N.H.: Date made: 1853. maker: Bufford, John Henry. Object Name: lithograph.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white print of the main street of a town decorated with garlands, banners, flags and arches of greenery. A procession of men led by a uniformed band and an honor guard is marching from the left foreground into the center of the image beneath the arches. A banner in front of the arches reads "The Day of Julibee Has Come. Sons of Portsmouth Welcome Home."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1853
- maker: Bufford, John Henry
- Object Name: lithograph
- Object Type: Lithograph
- Measurements: image: 11 in x 9 in; 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Subject: Chronology: 1850-1859
- Subject: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
- Subject: Horses
- Subject: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- Subject: Music
- Subject: Holidays and Celebrations, general
- ID Number: DL.60.3682
- catalog number: 60.3682
- Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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