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Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass., 1872

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1872

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Commonwealth Ave.: General Residential: Unmounted

GUSN

GUSN-196402

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Description

Empty lots are interspersed with new buildings along the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in the Back Bay.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
development (function)
dwellings
houses
intersections
exterior views
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001402
AccessID 2196
Transparency Number ARC00036-T
Other identifier HNEDID-001402

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.TMP.012

Date Notes

1872

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Subjects

Commonwealth Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Boston: Commonwealth Ave.: General Residential: Unmounted

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