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Two children sitting in an alley, Hayden Terrace, Roxbury, Mass., 1957

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1957

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Modern: Unmounted: Residential + MBTA photo xeroxes

GUSN

GUSN-189788

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Description

Two children sit in an alley, Hayden Terrace, near 2491 Washington Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A woman stands in an open second-story window.

Details

Descriptive Terms

alleys (streets)
posters
political campaigns
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0020

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.001

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 1/16 (HxW)(inches)

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

African American children
Hayden Terrace (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Street Scene
Political candidates

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Modern: Unmounted: Residential + MBTA photo xeroxes

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