Stores and tenement houses, front exterior, corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8219-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1921-02-24

GUSN

GUSN-375184

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Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Roxbury, Boston
Stores and tenement houses, front exterior, corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8219-B
(current record)

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

Description

The image depicts the front exterior of stores and tenement houses at the corner of Harrison Avenue and Hunneman Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. It shows a large, multi-story building with a mansard roof, containing multiple dormer windows. The ground floor has several storefronts with signage advertising "Furniture" and "Automobiles." Snow covers the streets and sidewalks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tenement houses
residential structures
stores
commercial buildings
exterior views
derelict buildings
streets
snow (precipitation)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP007147
B-Series negative 8219-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

PC016.001.012.8219-B

Places

Roxbury (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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