Unidentified building, exterior, Hancock Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 8617-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-375524

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Boston, General
Unidentified building, exterior, Hancock Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 8617-B
(current record)

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

Description

The image depicts the exterior of an unidentified wooden building located on Hancock Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The structure has a steep roof with a small cupola on top, and there is a weather vane affixed to it. A leafless tree stands adjacent to the building. In front of the building, a group of five children are gathered. Another person is positioned on a raised walkway or porch beside a picket fence.

Details

Descriptive Terms

buildings (structures)
exterior views
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007538
B-Series negative 8617-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

PC016.001.002.8617-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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