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Corner of Summer and Hawley Streets, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1912-07-08

GUSN

GUSN-216398

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Description

A team of horses stands in Hawley Street with construction materials. Kennedy's clothing store is on the far right side of the image. Fisk & Clapp, millinery, is the arched doorway on the left side of Kennedy's. G.R. Fisk & Company, millinery, can be seen on the second level.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
construction sites
streetscapes
intersections
exterior views
commercial buildings
clothing stores
men (male humans)
boys
milliners
hats
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00003777
BTC Line Code D
BTC Plate Number 0000185D
Transit Import ID 3359

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.03.02.0800

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)
Hawley Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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