Tenement house, rear exterior, 74 Everett Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, 8572-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1916-08-30

GUSN

GUSN-375488

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
East Boston, Boston
Tenement house, rear exterior, 74 Everett Street, East Boston, Massachusetts, 8572-B
(current record)

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

Description

The image depicts the rear exterior of a tenement house located at 74 Everett Street in East Boston, Massachusetts. The building features wooden siding and several windows with shutters. Clothes hang on a line stretched across the narrow alley between the building and a wooden fence. In the background, part of another building with fire escapes is visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tenement houses
residential structures
exterior views
fire escapes
fences
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007493
B-Series negative 8572-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

PC016.001.007.8572-B

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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