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ca. 1886
GUSN-202254
The Hancock House on Corn Court was a tavern and inn with rooms to let demolished in 1902. The building was photographed with the name "Hancock Tavern" in the 1890s. The sign on the left side of the building has the date "1634" but sources state it was not that old.
exterior views
taverns
inns
commercial buildings
historic buildings
collodion prints
photographs
Verso of mount: #9 Hancock Tavern on Corn Court Torn down, 1902 {gift of State Street Bank 4/1981}
OVP Photo Database Number 41
OVP Number OVP0039
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
April 1981
PC001.01.TMP.039
11 x 8.375 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of the State Street Bank, September 1981.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
collodion prints
photographs
Architectural photography
Corn Court (Boston, Mass.)
Faded; adhesive residue on all four edges of recto of mount; mount torn and damages; verso stained.
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