Elevator Machine Works, interior, Sumner Street, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 7945-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-374951

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
East Boston, Boston
Elevator Machine Works, interior, Sumner Street, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 7945-B
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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - East Boston, Boston

Description

The image shows the interior of the Elevator Machine Works on Sumner Street, East Boston, Massachusetts. It focuses on a large industrial machinery component, including gears and cables, positioned against a brick wall. The equipment is part of the elevator system's mechanical works.

Details

Descriptive Terms

elevators
machinery
interior views
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP006870
B-Series negative 7945-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC016

Collection Name

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Date of Acquisition

ca. 1960

Reference Code

PC016.001.007.7945-B

Places

East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Building Dept.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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