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Tremont St. at Texas St., Roxbury, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1948-09-13

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Tremont St., vicinity of Whittier St.: MBTA

GUSN

GUSN-195182

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Description

A view of the intersection of Texas Street and Columbus Avenue in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Columbus Avenue. Numerous businesses line the street, including the Plaza movie theatre (1120 Columbus Avenue, formerly the Criterion Theatre), Woolworth's (1126 Columbus Avenue), and a liquor store. At the far end of the street, a billboard advertises Schenley's spirits near a railroad bridge with New Haven Railroad painted on it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mercantile buildings
variety stores
motion picture theaters
railroad bridges
billboards (site elements)
exterior views
automobiles
buses
tracks (transit system elements)
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000327
AccessID 503
Other identifier HNEDID-000327

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0580.001

Date Notes

13 September 1948

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

F.W. Woolworth Company
Schenley Distillers Company
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
M. & P. Theaters Corp.

Subjects

Columbus Avenue (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Criterion Theatre (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
liquor stores
overhead electric lines
Texas Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Whittier Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Tremont St., vicinity of Whittier St.: MBTA

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