Dorchester North Burying Ground, Stoughton Street, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1554

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-379462

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Description

The image depicts the Dorchester North Burying Ground located on Stoughton Street in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. It shows an array of gravestones in a grassy area, some of which are leaning or partially obscured. There is a white picket fence and a building with arched windows visible in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

graveyards
headstones (tombstones)
historic sites
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009004
Halliday negative H-1554

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.025.H-1554

Places

Dorchester (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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