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Exterior view of the Commercial Coffee House, corner of Milk & Batterymarch Streets, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

n.d.

GUSN

GUSN-202362

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Description

Photograph of a lithograph depicting an oblique exterior view of the Commercial Coffee House, corner of Milk and Batterymarch Streets.

Details

Descriptive Terms

exterior views
coffeehouses
commercial buildings
streetscapes
coffee (food, dye)
restaurants
gelatin silver prints
photographs
prints (visual works)

Inscription

Recto of photographed print: COMMERCIAL COFFEE HOUSE, Corner of Milk & Batterymarch Sts. Boston. LEVI WHITNEY, PROPRIETOR. Lane & Scott's Lith. Tremont Temple Building; Verso of mount: {Gift of State St. Bank 4/1981}

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 150
OVP Number OVP0135

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

April 1981

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.135

Image Dimensions

11.25 x 14 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of State Street Bank, April 1981.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

gelatin silver prints
photographs
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Architectural photography
Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
Batterymarch Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Adhesive staining and residue across recto of mount.

Description Level

Item

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