1916-09-01
GUSN-375741
The image depicts a view of the Charles Street Jail courtyard from the Fruit Street side in Boston, Massachusetts. The scene shows mounds of dirt and an excavation area in front of a brick building. There are barrels and stacked planks of wood along the brick wall, and a small structure with a sloped roof can be seen in the background. In the distance, large arched windows of an adjacent building are visible.
jails (buildings)
institutional buildings
exterior views
courtyards
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP007792
B-Series negative 8870-B
1 glass plate negative
PC016
Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
ca. 1960
PC016.001.002.8870-B
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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