Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Factory, 427 Commercial Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5014-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-390484

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Industrial buildings
Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Factory, 427 Commercial Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5014-B
(current record)

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Industrial buildings
    - Factories
    - Warehouses
    - Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Factory, 427 Commercial Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5014-B (current record)
    - Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Factory, 427 Commercial Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 5015-B

Description

The image shows a large brick building identified as the Walter M. Lowney Chocolate Factory. The facade displays two prominent signs with the text "LOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES" in bold letters. The building has several windows and an adjoining street with visible telephone lines and a streetlamp.

Details

Descriptive Terms

factories (structures)
industrial buildings
exterior views
candy
streets
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP026054
B-Series negative 5014-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC020

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC020.001.004.5014-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Clark, William T. (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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