View of Buckley Avenue apartments, rear exterior and hole, Buckley Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8887-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1930-08-05

GUSN

GUSN-375758

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Description

The image shows the rear exterior of Buckley Avenue apartments in Roxbury, Boston, with a focus on a construction site featuring a large hole. Several people are visible, including some working around the site which is surrounded by a stone retaining wall. In the foreground, there are stacks of concrete blocks and wooden planks, and a person is leaning against a building on the right side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

apartments
residential structures
exterior views
derelict buildings
photographs
photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007809
B-Series negative 8887-B

Physical Descrption

1 film negative

Collection Code

PC016

Collection Name

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

ca. 1960

Reference Code

PC016.001.012.8887-B

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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