Candidate for "Best of Datestone" in category 1947.

We are finding good pictures of all the other 1947 datestones in the world, then we'll compare them and declare a winner.

 

One of the hugest hit songs of 1947 in the U.S. was "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by Tex Williams, which I hardly ever hear on the radio any more. The song is about addiction.

 

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In Boston, Massachusetts, on January 7th, 2016, outside the Berkeley Building, a/k/a the Old John Hancock Building, built in 1947 as the John Hancock Building, designed by Cram and Ferguson Architects, at the southwest corner of Berkeley Street and St. James Avenue.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Back Bay (1004027)

• Boston (7013445)

• Suffolk (county) (1002923)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• brown (color) (300127490)

• date stones (300374978)

• dimension stone (300070045)

• engraving (action) (300053829)

• exterior walls (300002523)

• office buildings (300007043)

• panels (surface elements) (300069079)

• polishing (300053867)

• veneer (material) (300012855)

 

Wikidata items:

• 7 January 2016 (Q22266543)

• 1940s in architecture (Q60996001)

• 1947 in architecture (Q2811921)

• Berkeley Building (Q4891990)

• Berkeley Street (Q106242013)

• January 7 (Q2228)

• January 2016 (Q19249232)

• John Hancock Insurance (Q6237561)

• stone veneer (Q2470272)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Office buildings—Massachusetts (sh2005003965)

 

Union List of Artist Names IDs:

• Cram and Ferguson (American architectural firm, established 1913) (500204955)

Done