Quincy Market Fire, roof exterior, Boston, Massachusetts, 8458-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1925-06-01

GUSN

GUSN-375386

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Boston, General
Quincy Market Fire, roof exterior, Boston, Massachusetts, 8458-B
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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Boston, General

Description

The image shows the exterior roof area of Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts. A perspective from above reveals the street below, bustling with wagons and early 20th-century vehicles. The roof and adjacent buildings dominate the foreground, with scaffolding visible. The urban skyline of Boston is faintly discernible in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

markets (structures)
commercial buildings
exterior views
historic buildings
roofs
fires (events)
reconstruction (construction )
automobiles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007378
B-Series negative 8458-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

PC016.001.002.8458-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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