Apartment building, Spear Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 8138-B

Search Collections

Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-375109

You can find this within

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Boston, General
Apartment building, Spear Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 8138-B
(current record)

Browse Collection

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

Description

The image depicts a narrow alleyway between apartment buildings on Spear Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The brick buildings feature several windows, some adorned with balconies. Laundry is visible hanging on lines between the buildings. The ground below is covered in snow and there are a few utility pipes and miscellaneous items scattered along the alley.

Details

Descriptive Terms

apartments
residential structures
exterior views
derelict buildings
fire escapes
snow (precipitation)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007065
B-Series negative 8138-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

PC016.001.002.8138-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact info@historicnewengland.org.