Plumbing and Heating company, 118 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, 7954-B

Search Collections

Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-05-24

GUSN

GUSN-374955

You can find this within

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Dorchester, Boston
Plumbing and Heating company, 118 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, 7954-B
(current record)

Browse Collection

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

Description

The image depicts the storefront of a Plumbing and Heating company located at 118 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. The shop windows prominently display the words "PLUMBING & HEATING." Visible through the windows are plumbing fixtures. A man in a suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

specialty stores
storefronts
commercial buildings
exterior views
plumbing hardware
men (male humans)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP006879
B-Series negative 7954-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

PC016.001.006.7954-B

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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.