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Stereo views: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire 1872: Devonshire St.
GUSN-195205
Two men sit on the ruins of the Bank of North America at 75 Franklin Street at the intersection with Devonshire Street that was destroyed in the Great Fire of Boston on November 9-10, 1872. The remaining sections of the structure are surrounded by rubble. Other devastated buildings can be seen in the background.
banks (financial institutions)
ruins
rubble
destruction
fires (events)
events
stereographs
photographs
DigitalID 000281
AccessID 526
Other identifier HNEDID-000281
1 stereograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0470.001
1872
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
J.W. & J.S. Moulton (Firm) (photographer)
Moulton, J. W. (Joshua W.) (Photographer)
Moulton, John S., b. ca. 1820 (Photographer)
stereographs
photographs
Bank of North America
Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Item
Stereo views: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire 1872: Devonshire St.
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