Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Somerset St.: Unmounted
GUSN-194822
From the Bostonian Society catalog record: Street-level view northeast of (left to right) 37-39 Somerset Street, located between Allston Street to the south-southeast and Howard Street to the north-northwest. The front façades of the dwellings face west-southwest. 35 Somerset Street lines the right side of the photograph. 37 Howard Street, located at the far north end of Somerset Street, is located along the lower-left side of the photograph. Children gather on the sidewalk between 33 and 37 Somerset Street. A wagon is parked in front of 37 Howard Street. 39 Somerset Street occupied by Daniel Webster (1819-1822), Abbott Lawrence, Rev. Ephraine Peabody, William Ropes, Nathanial Bowditch and Uriah Cotting.
residential districts
hills
youth
children (people by age group)
Federal
town houses
exterior views
wagons (cargo vehicles)
streetscapes
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000101
AccessID 126
Other identifier HNEDID-000101
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.002
1870s-1890s
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Bostonian Society
city life
Government Center (Boston, Mass.)
Howard Street (Boston, Mass.)
Somerset Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Somerset St.: Unmounted
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