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Washington Street, Boston, 1955

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1955

GUSN

GUSN-194328

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Description

Two teen boys look into the camera. Behind them is a bustling street scene packed with people.

Details

Descriptive Terms

youth
streetscapes
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.049

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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