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View of commercial buildings on Battery March (Batterymarch) Street

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-202242

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Description

Exterior view of commercial buildings and traffic on Battery March Street at the corner of Milk Street, future site of the Exchange Club.

Details

Descriptive Terms

urban environments
exterior views
commercial buildings
storefronts
façades
business (commercial function)
collodion prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto of mount: Site of Exchange Club as in A.D. 1890.; Verso of mount: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26 Battery March Street corner of Milk Street Boston, Massachusetts identified by R. Severy 12/1/1981 {Gift of State St. Bank 4/1981 neg. # 50739-A}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 29
OVP Number OVP0033.5
Negative Number 50739-A

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

April 1981

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.033-5

Image Dimensions

10.125 x 14.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of State Street Bank.

Record Details

Material Type

collodion prints
photographs

Other Organizations

Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Henry W. Peabody & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Page, Harding & Co. (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Signs and signboards
Battery March Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Architectural photography

Restrictions

Ink stains and damage from retouching[?], including oxidative-reductive-type mirroring on bottom left corner; glue stains (and tears) across top edge of mount; verso stained

Description Level

Item

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