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View of the ruins of the First Parish Church, Dorchester, Mass., 1896

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1896

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: First Parish Church: Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-196015

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Description

The steeple of the First Parish Church lays in the rubble following the 1896 fire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

religious buildings
churches (buildings)
events
fires (events)
steeples (building components)
meeting houses (religious buildings)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001074
AccessID 1363
Other identifier HNEDID-001074

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0440.003

Date Notes

1896

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Subjects

Architectural photography
Parish Street (Dorchester, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: First Parish Church: Unmounted

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