fbpx

Sidewalk at R.H. White Co's Store, Washington St., east side, Boston, Mass., November 1904

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1904

GUSN

GUSN-215010

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

The R.H. White department store and other businesses line Washington Street. A part of the Boston Theatre's sign for the "Old Homestead" can be seen on the left side of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
sidewalks
streetscapes
exterior views
commercial buildings
department stores
theaters (buildings)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00001950
BTC Line Code WD
BTC Plate Number 00000137
Transit Import ID 5519

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.02.03.1490

Date Notes

11/00/1904

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other Organizations

R.H. White Company

Subjects

Architectural photography
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].