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Work on Sec. 10 Haymarket Square looking northerly, Boston, Mass., March 11, 1897

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-03-11

Location Note

BTC film 04 copy negative, cross reference print Quincy Market Haymarket Square

GUSN

GUSN-197668

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Description

Subway construction work can be seen in Haymarket Square with the Boston & Maine Railroad Station in the background. Leavens furniture is on the left side of the image with Paine's Furniture just beyond it on Canal Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
construction sites
streetscapes
squares (open spaces)
exterior views
railroad stations
commercial buildings
furniture
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00104
AccessID 4493
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00104

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.TMP.083

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

William Leavens & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Paine's Furniture Manufactory (Boston, Mass.)
Boston and Maine Railroad

Subjects

Architectural photography
Haymarket Square (Boston, Mass.)
Canal Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

BTC film 04 copy negative, cross reference print Quincy Market Haymarket Square

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