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View of fire engines 17, 18, and 21, Dorchester, Mass., February 3, 1896

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1896-02-03

Location Note

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

GUSN

GUSN-196016

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Description

Fire engines 17, 18 and 21 work at the site of the 1896 fire at First Parish Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

religious buildings
churches (buildings)
fire engines
firehoses
events
fires (events)
meeting houses (religious buildings)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001075
AccessID 1364
Other identifier HNEDID-001075

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0440.004

Date Notes

03 February 1896

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

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

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