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Exterior view of the first Brazer Building, State and Devonshire Streets, Boston, Mass., 1897

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897

GUSN

GUSN-202263

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Description

Brazer's Building is seen with posters for the Bowdoin Square Theatre and Hollis Street Theatre. The dates on the posters that can be read are October 1896.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
historic buildings
commercial buildings
intersections
theaters (buildings)
albumen prints
photographs
photographic prints

Inscription

Recto of mount: [caption:] State and Devonshire Sts. 1897; Verso of mount: Gift of State St. Bank 4/81

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 50
OVP Number OVP0062

Physical Description

1 photographic print ; 9 1/4 x 7 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

April 1981

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.062

Image Dimensions

7.375 x 9.25 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of State Street Bank.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Rogers, Isaiah, 1800-1869 (Architect)

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs
photographic prints

Subjects

Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
State Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Restrictions

Glue (adhesive) residue on all four edges of recto of mount; light staining across verso of mount.

Description Level

Item

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