Franklin Savings Bank building, 5 & 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5047-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-390495

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Commercial buildings
Banks
Franklin Savings Bank building, 5 & 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5047-B
(current record)

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Commercial buildings
    - Banks
      - Weymouth Savings Bank, Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4912-B
      - Malden Cooperative Bank Building, Malden, Massachusetts, 4934-B
      - Franklin Savings Bank building, 5 & 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5047-B (current record)
      - Workingmen's Co-op Bank, 73 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts, 5065-B
      - Merchants Co-op Bank building, 51 Cornhill, Boston, 5093-B
      - Workingmen's Co-op Bank building, 73 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts, 5115-B
      - Cambridge Savings Bank building, 1336 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5117-B
      - Boston Five Cents Savings Bank building, 32-38 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5118-B
      - First National Bank, corner of Milk Street and Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5200-B

Description

The image depicts the Franklin Savings Bank building located at 5 & 6 Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The structure features a decorative facade with multiple stories and large windows. The entrance is prominently marked with the bank's name above and there are a few early 20th-century automobiles parked on the street in front of the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

savings banks
commercial buildings
exterior views
streets
automobiles
photographs
photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP026087
B-Series negative 5047-B

Physical Descrption

1 film negative

Collection Code

PC020

Collection Name

William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Reference Code

PC020.001.001.003.5047-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Clark, William T. (Photographer)

Material Type

photographic film (photographic materials)
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

Original nitrate negative destroyed 1980-06.

Description Level

Item

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