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Horses and carriages in front of Columbia Road Stables, 525-527 Columbia Rd. at Hancock St., Dorchester, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Mounted

GUSN

GUSN-194937

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Description

Three broughams and one landau stand in front of the Columbia Road Stables at 525-527 Columbia Road in Uphams Corner, Dorchester. Coach drivers wearing livery and top hats sit atop their carriages. Large signs advertise the stables and its "horse clipping by electric power" services.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stables (animal housing)
top hats
exterior views
carriage lamps
flags
street lighting luminaires
broughams
landaus (four-wheeled carriages)
livery (uniforms)
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000169
AccessID 248
Other identifier HNEDID-000169

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0040.002

Date Notes

1880s-1900s

Places

Uphams Corner (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Holloway (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Columbia Road Stables

Subjects

horses (animals)
coach drivers
Columbia Road (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Hancock Street (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
horses -- grooming
overhead electric lines

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Mounted

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