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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 1 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-224893
A group of men stand in front of ruins in downtown Boston with the rear of Trinity Church in the background. The image shows a sign for "Black Photo."
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
OVP Number OVP 117
James Wallace Black collection number 2
negative number 51658-A
James Wallace Black photo number 6
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 16 x 11 3/4 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.004
16 x 11 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
South Windham (Cumberland county, Maine)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.
Black
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