Apartment buildings, front exterior, 1-5 Garfield Place, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8630-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1925-03-24

GUSN

GUSN-375535

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Description

The image depicts the front exterior of a row of apartment buildings located at 1-5 Garfield Place in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The buildings have multiple floors with several windows that are boarded up or missing glass. There are visible cracks in the brickwork and construction debris, including wooden planks and various materials, is piled on the ground in front of the buildings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007551
B-Series negative 8630-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

PC016.001.012.8630-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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