Boston Lying-In Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 4845-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1920-1939

GUSN

GUSN-390325

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
Negatives
Institutional buildings
Hospitals
Boston Lying-In Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 4845-B
(current record)

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William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Institutional buildings
    - Hospitals
      - Boston Lying-In Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 4845-B (current record)
      - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 4846-B
      - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, main entrance, Boston, Massachusetts, 4913-B
      - New England Deaconess Hospital, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 4974-B

Description

The image shows the Boston Lying-In Hospital located at 221 Longwood Avenue, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The building is a large, multi-story structure with numerous windows and a prominent central entrance featuring columns. Several early 20th-century automobiles are parked along the fence in front of the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

maternity hospitals
institutional buildings
historic buildings
automobiles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP025886
B-Series negative 4845-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC020

Collection Name

William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

Reference Code

PC020.001.002.006.4845-B

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Clark, William T. (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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