483 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

Date

1960

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-K-3

GUSN

GUSN-362366

Description

This 1960 image depicts a residential building with stores on the ground floor, including a Goodwill thrift shop, a poultry market, and a hardware store. Cars are parked out front in between snowbanks.

This building still stands today and remains primarily residential with a commercial ground floor.

Details

Descriptive Terms

thrift shops
winter
hardware stores
grocery stores
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.014

Acqusition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-K-3

Processing Information

Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, October 2023.

Rules and Conventions

DACS 2nd edition

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

This building was originally built in 1887.

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