Eliot Burying Ground, Eustis Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, H-2527c

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1894-03-09

GUSN

GUSN-380417

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Description

The image features the Eliot Burying Ground located on Eustis Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. Visible are rows of gravestones within a cemetery enclosed by a stone wall. Leafless trees stand throughout the burial ground. A few people are walking along the sidewalk outside the cemetery and there is a horse-drawn carriage nearby. Residential buildings are in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
headstones (tombstones)
historic sites
streets
horse-drawn vehicles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP009969
Halliday negative H-2527c

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.071.H-2527c

Places

Roxbury (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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