Unidentified building, exterior, demolished, Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8101-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1923-09-18

GUSN

GUSN-375075

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Description

The image shows an unidentified, two-story wooden building on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The structure is weathered, with visible damage and missing panels. In front of the building, there is an early 20th-century automobile and part of a truck, along with miscellaneous debris scattered around. Residential houses are visible in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

buildings (structures)
exterior views
derelict buildings
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007028
B-Series negative 8101-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

PC016.001.012.8101-B

Places

Roxbury (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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