1939
HGO-01-001-F-F-2
GUSN-362361
This image was taken in 1939 by photographer John F. Lane for the City of Boston Assessing Department. It depicts Epstein's Drugstore, located at the corner of Scollay Square and Pemberton Square, with the Suffolk County Courthouse visible in the background.
This building is no longer standing and is now the site of the Center Plaza building.
drugstores
black-and-white prints (photographs)
1 photograph; 5 x 7 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
2019
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7220.002
Library & Archives Purchase
Nov. 19, 1939
5 x 7 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Item
HGO-01-001-F-F-2
Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, October 2023.
DACS 2nd edition
Epstein's Drugstore operated at 2 Scollay Square since at least 1939 (if not earlier) before relocating to the Kimball Building on nearby Tremont Street, closing c. 1966-1967.
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