Stores and tenement houses, front exterior, corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8220-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1921-02-24

GUSN

GUSN-375185

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Roxbury, Boston
Stores and tenement houses, front exterior, corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8220-B
(current record)

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

Description

The image shows the front exterior of stores and tenement houses at the corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The building on the corner features multiple dormer windows on the roof and several storefronts with signs in the windows. The street is cobblestoned with visible streetcar tracks and there is a lamppost on the corner as well as a "For Sale" sign.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tenement houses
residential structures
stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
streets
tracks (transit system elements)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007148
B-Series negative 8220-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

PC016.001.012.8220-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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