Stores and tenement houses, rear exterior, corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8218-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1921-02-24

GUSN

GUSN-375183

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Description

The image depicts the rear exterior of stores and tenement houses at the corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. It shows wooden buildings with multiple windows, a snow-covered ground, and a wooden fence. Laundry is hanging on a clothesline stretching across the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tenement houses
residential structures
stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
derelict buildings
fences
snow (precipitation)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007146
B-Series negative 8218-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

PC016.001.012.8218-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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