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1872
Special Photographs: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire (Oversize)
GUSN-196325
This photograph shows firemen on Devonshire Street standing around steamer no. 10, "the Cataract," with rubble and smoking buildings in the background. The intact Post Office, which was constructed using fireproof materials, can be seen in the background.
rubble
disasters
ruins
fires (events)
fire engines
firefighters
photographs
black-and-white photographs
albumen prints
DigitalID 001349
AccessID 2114
Other identifier HNEDID-001349
negative number 51659-A
James Wallace Black photo number 5
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white ; 12 x 16 1/2 inches
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
PC013.TMP.022
1872
16 1/2 x 12 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
photographs
black-and-white photographs
albumen prints
Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Special Photographs: Mass.: Boston: Boston Fire (Oversize)
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