Sun Tavern, Dock Square, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1146b

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378690

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Description

The image depicts several buildings in Dock Square, Boston, Massachusetts, including the Sun Tavern. Visible businesses include B.H. Kent & Co. Custom Tailors, Lucius Slade & Co., Pfau Printer, and The Market Dining Rooms. A cobblestone street and intersecting roads are prominent in the foreground, and larger buildings are visible in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

taverns
commercial buildings
exterior views
streets
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008222
Halliday negative H-1146b

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-1146b

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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