Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1086b

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378521

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Description

The image depicts a street scene on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. A row of multi-story buildings with bay windows and ivy-covered facades lines the street. Several pedestrians, including adults and children, stand on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn carriage is visible in the background. There is a tree and a utility pole in the foreground.

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Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008052
Halliday negative H-1086b

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-1086b

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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