1950-10-26
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Tremont St., vicinity of Whittier St.: MBTA
GUSN-195183
A view of Tremont Street at Frederick Douglass Square in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Tremont Street. Numerous businesses line the street, including the Douglass Square Pharmacy and Slade's Restaurant. Billboards advertise Sunoco and H. P. Hood products. Political campaign signs for re-electing Paul A. Dever for governor and Ryan Dacey for clerk of the State Judicial Court hang on building walls. The campaign headquarters for Banks for representative is located on the left side of Tremont Street. The shadow of the photographer can be seen in the foreground of the image. The fifth anniversary of the dedication of Frederick Douglass Square was celebrated in 1921. The Frederick Douglass Historic District is roughly bounded by Hammond Street, Cabot Street, Windsor Street, and Westminister Street.
restaurants
mercantile buildings
drugstores
billboards (site elements)
political campaigns
exterior views
automobiles
political posters
police cars
tracks (transit system elements)
commercial buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000328
AccessID 504
Other identifier HNEDID-000328
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0110.001
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Dever, Paul A. (Paul Andrew), 1903-1958
Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Douglass Square Pharmacy
Sunoco (Firm)
H.P. Hood & Sons
Frederick Douglass Square (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
overhead electric lines
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Roxbury: Tremont St., vicinity of Whittier St.: MBTA
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