1856
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Portland St.
GUSN-198734
Spectators watch the fire as firemen try to extinguish the blaze at the Garrish Market Building. It was located on Portland Street and burned on April 12, 1856. The image is signed by "Roberts (?), Sc."
fires (events)
markets (structures)
firefighters
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)
Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR175
1 news line engraving
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
1924-06-23
GC002.01.MA.2850.001
Gift
6.75 x 9 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mr. C.C. Swan, 1924
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
prints (visual works)
line engravings (prints)
Poor
Item
Prints: Boston, Ma.: Portland St.
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