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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 1 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-224883
Building ruins at 60 Pearl Street, Boston, Massachusetts can be seen through the smoke. Also shows ruins on Congress Street.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Boston-1872 fire. J.W. Black, photographer. Found in Parson Smith House, Windham, Maine. Received by Library Oct. 1980. (handwritten)
OVP113, File 27, [16].
Black Photo. Gift of Miss Mary C. Wheelwright, 20 January 1931. OVP112 File 27. (handwritten)
OVP number OVP 113
James Wallace Black collection number 6
James Wallace Black photo number 12
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 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.002
16 x 12 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
South Windham (Cumberland county, Maine)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Pearl Street (Boston, Mass.)
Congress Street (Boston, Mass.)
Atkinson Street (Boston, Mass.)
Three copies of this image in the James Wallace Black collection (#4, 5, and 6/OVP 112 and 113)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.
Black
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