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1872
GUSN-202350
View of the Boston Fire District from Summer Street towards City Hall, Old South Church, and the Post Office.
aerial views
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: [twice, in different hands:] Boston Fire District looking from Summer St. towards the City Hall, Old South, and Post Office. Gift 11 April 1919 of Mrs. Alex S. Porter [in ink:] In memory of Mr. Porter [sticker affixed to verso of mount:] [in ink:] Mrs. Alex S. Porter
OVP Photo Database Number 138
OVP Number OVP0111
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
11 April 1919
PC001.01.TMP.111
13.25 x 17.5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mrs. Alex S. Porter in memory of her husband.
albumen prints
photographs
Boston Fire, 1872
Disasters
Fires
Boston (Mass.)
Top left edge of mount torn; bottom right corner of mount missing.
Item
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