Houses, front and side exterior, 75-77 Preble Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8472-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1916-08-24

GUSN

GUSN-375400

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Description

The image shows the front and side exterior of two adjacent houses located at 75-77 Preble Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. The houses are two-story wooden structures with gabled roofs and exterior clapboard siding. Several windows feature shutters and there is a damaged fence in the foreground. A few people are gathered on the left side of the image near a utility pole by the cobblestone street. Trees are visible in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

houses
residential structures
exterior views
streets
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007392
B-Series negative 8472-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

PC016.001.014.8472-B

Places

South Boston (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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