Dew Drop Inn, City Point, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1169b

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1939

GUSN

GUSN-378753

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Massachusetts
Boston
Dew Drop Inn, City Point, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1169b
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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston

Description

The image depicts the Dew Drop Inn located in City Point, South Boston, Massachusetts. A wooden fence occupies the foreground, with a yard and several bare trees visible behind it. Two houses are prominent, with one house featuring multiple chimneys and another to its right, both having gabled roofs and multiple windows.

Details

Descriptive Terms

inns
commercial buildings
exterior views
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008288
Halliday negative H-1169b

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.010.H-1169b

Places

City Point (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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