Unidentified house, Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1575

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-379493

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Description

The image depicts a large, three-story house with a distinctive pointed roof structure on one side, located on Sawyer Avenue in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. The house features wrap-around porches, several windows, and a prominent chimney. There is another building visible in the background with a similar architectural style and a small cupola on top. The area surrounding the house includes a grassy embankment and a street in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009035
Halliday negative H-1575

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-1575

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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