Apartment buildings, front exterior, 1-5 Garfield Place, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8631-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1925-03-24

GUSN

GUSN-375536

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Description

The image shows the front exterior of apartment buildings located at 1-5 Garfield Place in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The brick buildings are three stories high with multiple windows visible. There is a utility pole in the foreground and various construction materials and debris are scattered along the ground in front of the buildings. A lamp post stands near the entrance of one of the buildings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007552
B-Series negative 8631-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

PC016.001.012.8631-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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