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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Egyptian Revival entrance in Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.spatialSite: Watertown (Massachusetts, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: founded, 1831, creation date: landscape architecture, 1831-1832en_US
dc.creatorBigelow, Jacoben_US
dc.creatorDearborn, Henry Alexander Scammellen_US
dc.creatorWadsworth, Alexanderen_US
dc.date1831en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T18:19:51Z
dc.date.available2014-01-23T18:19:51Z
dc.date.issued1831en_US
dc.identifier165845en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/156237
dc.descriptionFirst American garden cemetery; before park movement, a popular spot for recreational outings.en_US
dc.descriptiongeneral view, entrance with cast iron gates and identifying plaque on stone column, ca. 1987en_US
dc.relation.ispartof132625en_US
dc.rights(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Lois A. Craigen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectCambridge (Mass.)en_US
dc.subjectLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subjectSepulchral monumentsen_US
dc.subjectCemeteries -- Massachusettsen_US
dc.subjectWatertown (Mass.)en_US
dc.subjectGatesen_US
dc.subjectSignsen_US
dc.subjectBoston Suburbs - Chapter 1 - Pre-1865en_US
dc.titleMount Auburn Cemeteryen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1.20en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniquelandscapingen_US
vra.worktypeCemeteryen_US
dc.contributor.displaydesigner: Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (American, 1783-1851), designer: Jacob Bigelow (American, 1786-1879), designer: Alexander Wadsworth (American, 1806-1898)en_US


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