Post office and general store, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 28764-A

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1914-12-03

GUSN

GUSN-388435

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Description

The image shows a two-story wooden post office and general store in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The storefront features several signs advertising goods such as cigars, Sunday papers, and Coca-Cola. The building has a porch and several windows with shutters, and a staircase leads to an upper level or porch on the side. A street and utility poles with insulators are visible in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

post offices
institutional buildings
general stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
streets
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP010391
A-Series negative 28764-A

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC029

Collection Name

Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

ca. 1928

Reference Code

PC029.001.004.003.28764-A

Places

Shrewsbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Harlow, Hiram (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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