Huntington Avenue Gulf Station

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Date

undated

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-T-2

GUSN

GUSN-362350

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Description

This undated image by an unidentified photographer depicts a Gulf gas station located at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Stuart Street, next to the Huntington Chambers building. The top of the Berkeley Building (also known as the Old John Hancock Building) is visible in the center background and the New England Mutual Life Insurance Building is visible in the background on the far left.

This building is no longer standing and is now the site of the Westin Copley Place Hotel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

service stations
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph; 5 x 7 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.3150.0100.003

Acqusition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Date Notes

c. 1950s

Image Dimensions

5 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other Organizations

Gulf Oil Corporation

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-T-2

Processing Information

Sophia Cos, Assistant Archivist, 2023.

Rules and Conventions

DACS 2nd edition

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