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1920-1930
HGO-01-001-O-E-405
GUSN-194687
This album consists primarily of 4.5 x 2.5 inch amateur snapshots of buildings on Beacon Hill and in the Back Bay. The photographs date from the late 1920s to the 1930s. The album is from the manuscript collection of John Codman (1898-1989) and may have been compiled by him or by his father, William Coombs Codman (1860-1938), both of whom were members of the firm Wm. C. Codman and Son, Realtors and Insurance Brokers. It is possible that the album is a photographic record of some of the firm's transactions. Negatives exist for most of the snapshots in the album.
dwellings
residential structures
exterior views
photograph albums
Album Number 174
1 photograph album; 10 x 11 7/8 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1987
PC009.174
Gift
Gift of John Codman, 1987.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Possibly Codman, John, 1898-1989 (Compiler)
Possibly Codman , William Coombs (Compiler)
photograph albums
Codman, John, 1898-1989
Codman, William Coombs, 1860-1938
Wm. C. Codman and Son
Beacon Hill
Back Bay
William C. Codman and Son, Realtor and Insurance Broker
Resarchers are required to use photocopy of album because the original is very fragile.
Item
HGO-01-001-O-E-405
See the John Codman (1898-1989) Family Papers finding aid for more information about John and William Coombs Codman.
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