Apartment buildings, rear exterior, demolished, 251-257 Bowen Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8110-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1916-09-11

GUSN

GUSN-375084

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
South Boston, Boston
Apartment buildings, rear exterior, demolished, 251-257 Bowen Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8110-B
(current record)

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - South Boston, Boston

Description

The image shows the rear exterior of apartment buildings at 251-257 Bowen Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The structure is a two-story building with clapboard siding, featuring a couple of doors and windows. There is overgrown vegetation in the foreground and various pieces of wood around the area.

Details

Descriptive Terms

apartments
residential structures
exterior views
derelict buildings
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007037
B-Series negative 8110-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

PC016.001.014.8110-B

Places

South 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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