Spectacle Island, boarding house, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 7972-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1922-06-01

GUSN

GUSN-374973

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Boston, General
Spectacle Island, boarding house, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, 7972-B
(current record)

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Boston, General

Description

The image depicts a series of wooden buildings identified as a boarding house on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The structures have multiple windows with visible piles of dirt or debris in the foreground. The landscape is largely barren with a few other buildings visible in the distance.

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 NP006897
B-Series negative 7972-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

PC016.001.002.7972-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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