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Mount Vernon Street reflections, Boston, 1955

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1955

GUSN

GUSN-194386

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Description

An open door reflects the image of construction workers across the street. Through the opened door, more construction and rubble can be seen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

construction workers
reflections (perceived properties)
labor
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.053

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Mount Vernon St. (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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