Spectacle Island, exterior north wall of digester house, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 7966-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1922-06-01

GUSN

GUSN-374967

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Description

The image shows the exterior north wall of the digester house on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. There are tall, narrow windows with grid-patterned glass on a large, flat wall. Below these, an open door leads into a shadowy interior. A smaller adjacent window has broken panes and debris is scattered on the ground in front of the structure.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dumps (refuse areas)
waste disposal
buildings (structures)
exterior views
islands
harbors
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP006891
B-Series negative 7966-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC016

Collection Name

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

ca. 1960

Reference Code

PC016.001.002.7966-B

Places

Spectacle Island (Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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