Dorchester Heights Monument, Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1148

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1914

GUSN

GUSN-378696

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Description

The image depicts the Dorchester Heights Monument located in South Boston, Massachusetts. The monument is a tall, white tower with a steeple, set on an elevated area surrounded by trees. In the foreground, there is a fence partially visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic monuments
towers (building divisions)
marble (rock)
parks (recreation areas)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008228
Halliday negative H-1148

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-1148

Places

Dorchester Heights (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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