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Interior Massachusetts Spa.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-179662

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Description

This is the interior of a spa or ice cream store in Boston, Massachusetts. There are three nurses eating at two tables and a person at the counter ready to take food orders.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ice cream
counters (furniture)
tables (documents)
interior views
tables (support furniture)
business (commercial function)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Possibly Apollo Lunch Counter (412) Mass Ave. (1925) / Walls and chairs light oak / Posts and ceilings white (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1933-02-28

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.TMP.003

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England News Company (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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