Spectacle Island, exterior, north wall percolator and screen house, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 7968-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1922-06-01

GUSN

GUSN-374969

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Description

The image depicts the exterior of the north wall of a percolator and screen house on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The structure features industrial buildings with large windows, some of which are broken. There is a tall smokestack and interconnected metal framework between the buildings. The foreground shows a dirt and gravel area leading up to the buildings.

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 NP006893
B-Series negative 7968-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

PC016.001.002.7968-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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