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Eastern Boundary Stone – Then and Now (85 years later)

As might be expected there are few changes in 85 years. This stone is located 100 feet southeast of the intersection of Eastern and Southern Avenues. To see a Google map with photographs of 38 of the original 40 boundary stones, and GPS coordinates, click here.

 
"DC East Boundary Stone (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann


 
"Eastern Boundary Stone (c.1920)" by E.B. Thompson

 

The exact date that this photograph was taken was on June 13, 1916 when the iron fence surrounding the northeast #1 boundary stone was dedicated by the Mary Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The barn in the background sits on the estate "Silver Spring," residence at the time of the dedication of Maryland Senator Blair Lee. The stone disappeared around September 1952. A bronze plaque marking the stone's location was dedicated on January 12, 1961 and set into the sidewalk in front of the business at 7847 Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. Additional photographs of this particular boundary stone appear in "Historic Silver Spring" by Jerry A. McCoy (Arcadia Publishing, 2005).

Northeast Boundary Stone 1 – Then and Now (90 years later)

As sshistory wrote, above, this is (likely) not the "North boundry [sic] stone" as originally captioned, rather it likely was "Northeast Boundary Stone 1". (A 2005 photo of the actual "North Boundary Stone" is included below.)

As the original stone was accidentally bulldozed and removed during the construction of the storefront in September 1952, this photograph of the original Northeast boundary stone is historic.

To see a Google map with photographs of 38 of the original 40 boundary stones, and GPS coordinates, click here.


"DC Northeast Boundary Stone 1 (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann

Plaque marking the location of DC Boundary
Stone Northeast Mile 1, in front of a small store,
7847 Eastern Avenue (northwest of intersection
with Georgia Avenue) in Silver Spring, Maryland.


"North boundry stone near Silver Spring, Maryland (c.1916)" by E.B. Thompson



[Actual] "DC North Boundary Stone (2005)" by Mark Zimmermann

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Lovely scan, so much detail: the birdcage, the recently washed and neatly lined up tin mugs and plates, the fine bark hut, the camp oven, the billies, the wash dishes... Machattie Park in Bathurst was named for Dr Richard Machattie. www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...

Merryjack Plenty of fire wood and that large camp oven appears to be adjacent to a fire pit. Is that a big pumpkin on the right with a smaller one on top? I suspect Beaufoy Merlin arranged the objects in the foreground to add interest to the photo.

Merryjack I agree, although a poor attempt arranging the items when just moving the camera forward a bit would have solved the empty space problem and provided a closer detail of the subjects.

Thanks for all the extra information - there's a wealth of detail in these negatives. The clarity and focal depth early cameras like this one was very good especially on the larger plates like this 10 in. x 12 in one. But the exposure times were another matter as you can see with the trees and the tent flap.