Numbers 74 through 84 Kneeland Street, Boston, Mass., January 3, 1927

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-324397

Description

View of derelict buildings along Kneeland Street and the corner of Hudson Street taken by the Boston Building Department to document conditions. The ground level floors of the buildings are boarded up and covered with poster advertisements, and the upper floors have many missing windows. The roof structure and walls of the building on the corner are also missing, showing rafters and interior structure.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dwellings
demolition
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5130.001

Places

Chinatown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Campbell, W. W. K. (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs

Description Level

Item

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