Construction of seven story warehouse, showing old fashioned cement mixer, East Boston, Mass., 9940-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1901

GUSN

GUSN-381712

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Description

The image depicts a construction site for a seven-story warehouse in East Boston, Massachusetts. Visible are construction workers, an old-fashioned cement mixer, piles of materials, and various tools. The setting is busy with activity as workers engage in building tasks on the site.

Details

Descriptive Terms

warehouses
construction (assembling)
concrete mixers
workers
wheelbarrows
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002859
B-Series negative 9940-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Reference Code

PC015.002.270.9940-B

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Construction

Description Level

Item

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