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Dorchester Tunnel buildings Dewey Sq.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1914-04-14

GUSN

GUSN-216510

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Description

The United Cigar Stores Company store is in the center of the image. Cobb Hersey and Company, grocers and importers, can be seen on the right at 635 Atlantic Avenue. Paperboys are working the sidewalk in front of the stores.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetscapes
exterior views
commercial buildings
cigar stores
grocery stores
squares (open spaces)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00003907
BTC Line Code D
BTC Plate Number 0000470D
Transit Import ID 3489

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.03.02.1920

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Paperboys
Architectural photography
Atlantic Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Dewey Square (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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