Branch Post Office, front and side exterior, corner of Atlantic Avenue and Beach Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 8798-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-375674

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Boston, General
Branch Post Office, front and side exterior, corner of Atlantic Avenue and Beach Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 8798-B
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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Boston, General

Description

The image shows the front and side exterior of the Branch Post Office at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Beach Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In the background are several multi-story brick buildings, some with painted advertisements, including ones for "The American Oak Leather Co." and "Washburn-Crosby Gold Medal." Streetcar tracks are visible on the cobblestone street in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

post offices
institutional buildings
exterior views
derelict buildings
streets
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007720
B-Series negative 8798-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

PC016.001.002.8798-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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