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Boston fire, view from Kilby and Water Streets, looking north to State, Boston, Mass., Nov. 1872

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1872

Location Note

OVP E-A-11 file 43

GUSN

GUSN-223229

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Description

1 photographic print

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
photographic prints

Inscription

Capt. W.B. Sears of No. 13 Kilby Street in command of the Claflin Guards, Co. C. First Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, during fire

Additional Identification Number

Oversize Photograph Number OVP501

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1997

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.501

Acquisition Type

Gift

Date Notes

November 1872

Image Dimensions

16.5 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints

Description Level

Item

Location Note

OVP E-A-11 file 43

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