1916-1917
GUSN-375610
The image shows a scene of rubble and debris at the site of a former store and apartment building located at 181 Bowdoin Street in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. In the foreground, a person is seen working with a shovel among the scattered remains of wooden beams and metal framework. In the background, there are intact multi-story residential buildings with balconies and laundry hanging out to dry.
apartments
residential structures
stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
rubble
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP007638
B-Series negative 8716-B
1 glass plate negative
PC016
Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
ca. 1960
PC016.001.006.8716-B
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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