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1957
GUSN-194447
Long a Boston landmark, the Brunswick Hotel was torn down to make room for a modern office building. The people gathered here had decided to enjoy one last afternoon in the hotel's tea room. Rubble can be seen outside of an open door, but it doesn't phase the guests enjoying their tea.
hotels (public accommodations)
tea
events
commercial buildings
interior views
exterior views
demolition
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.084
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Architectural photography
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
Item
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