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Exterior view of Glidden Supply Co. and Stone's Ideal Lunch, 32 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.

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GUSN

GUSN-220546

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Description

Milo M. Silsby & Co., tailors, is at 32 Cornhill. Above Silsby is the Glidden Supply Company medical equipement store. Stone's Ideal Lunch is to the right of Silsby.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetcars
streetscapes
exterior views
commercial buildings
medical equipment
restaurants
tailors
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Transit Import ID 8997

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.99.1270

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Cornhill Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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