Old Clothing Warehouse, Dock Square, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1081a

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378504

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Description

The image depicts a bustling scene at Dock Square in Boston, Massachusetts, featuring the Old Clothing Warehouse. The warehouse prominently displays a sign for "Charles J. Lovejoy" and has several items of clothing visible outside. People are walking on the street, and there are horse-drawn carriages and carts in the foreground. Other businesses, such as "Martin L. Hall & Co." and "Bennett & White," are visible in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

warehouses
clothing stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
squares (open spaces)
horse-drawn vehicles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008034
Halliday negative H-1081a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.010.H-1081a

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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