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Brick masons working in front of a building, Lindall Place, Boston, Mass., 1911

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1911

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston Transit Commission: Photographic Prints: F21

GUSN

GUSN-190810

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Description

Brick masons work in front of a Lindall Place building as part of the construction of the Beacon Hill Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts. People sitting on a stoop watch the work. Braces support the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

masons (construction workers)
labor
braces (supporting elements)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0056

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.021.003

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission (Agency)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

African Americans
Lindall Place (Boston, Mass.)
Beacon Hill Tunnel (Boston, Mass.)
Masonry

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston Transit Commission: Photographic Prints: F21

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