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Exterior view of the Fields Corner Delicatessen, 1514A Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1930-1950

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings and Streets: Unmounted: Folder 1 of 3

GUSN

GUSN-194923

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Description

Pedestrians walk past the Fields Corner Delicatessen at 1514A Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester. In the storefront windows, canned goods and fruits are displayed, with signs indicating the prices of these items. Two doors down the street is a spa, selling homemade candy and ice cream.

Details

Descriptive Terms

business (commercial function)
storefronts
delicatessens
ice cream parlors
mercantile buildings
confectioneries
automobiles
rails (transit system elements)
ice cream
commercial buildings
exterior views
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000134
AccessID 234
Other identifier HNEDID-000134

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0080.002

Date Notes

1930s-1940s

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Fields Corner Delicatessan (Firm)

Subjects

city life
Dorchester Avenue (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
spas (stores)
dogs (animals)
Fields Corner (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings and Streets: Unmounted: Folder 1 of 3

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