Stereograph of the Post Office ruins after the Boston fire, Boston, Mass., 1872

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1872

Location Note

Stereo views: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire 1872: Panoramas

GUSN

GUSN-196043

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Description

The ruins of the Boston Post Office are seen after the Great Boston Fire of 1872.

Details

Descriptive Terms

events
disasters
fires (events)
ruins
stereographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001102
AccessID 1397
Other identifier HNEDID-001102

Physical Descrption

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0420.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Surdam & White (Photographic studio)

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Subjects

Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872

Description Level

Item

Publisher Series

American views

Location Note

Stereo views: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire 1872: Panoramas

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