Mock-up of cornice on scaffolding, construction of the McKim Building. - 7f9857a35490ac2cf4daf267e938d229

Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work August 1888 to Dec. 31, 1889; Image caption: No. 125. Nov. 2, 1889. Temporary cornice. - View from Boylston St.; 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 Boylston Street toward Huntington Avenue, S.S. Pierce Building to left. Photo No. 125 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.