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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 2 of 2 - J.W.\n Black (18)
GUSN-224882
A group of people stand in front of the building rubble at Kilby and Water Streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Signs, sticking out of the rubble, give the relocation addresses for businesses.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
albumen prints
OVP number 108
James Wallace Black collection number 18
James Wallace Black photo number 53
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 17 x 11 1/2 inches
Found at Parson Smith House, Windham, Maine. Received by Library Oct. 1980.
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
1980-10
PC013.TMP.001
17 x 11 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
South Windham (Cumberland county, Maine)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
albumen prints
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Water Street (Boston, Mass.)
Kilby Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 2 of 2 - J.W.
Black (18)
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