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Construction on Boylston Street before Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-214513

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Description

Workers and other pedestrians stand around the unfinished inbound Copley Square subway station entrance. The Boston Public Library is behind the station with Trinity Church on the left side of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subway stations
libraries (buildings)
public libraries (buildings)
churches (buildings)
subways
exterior views
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00003673
BTC Line Code B
BTC Plate Number 0000X007
Transit Import ID 3254

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.01.03.7090

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dartmouth Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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