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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 1 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-224898
Works crews clear rubble from the Great Fire in Winthrop Square with ruins and several intact buildings in the background. Possibly 152 Devonshire, the site of the Freeland, Harding, and Richardson Store, with the Post Office visible in the left corner.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
squares (open spaces)
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Boston-1872 fire. J.W. Black, photographer. Found at Parson Smith House, Windham, Maine. Received by Library Oct. 1980. OVP107, File 26 [12]. (handwritten)
Copy neg.# 45874-A. [13] (handwritten)
OVP number OVP 107
James Wallace Black collection number 12
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 16 1/2 x 12 inches
Found at Parson Smith house, Windham, ME. Recv'd by Library Oct 1980
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
1980-10
PC013.TMP.005
16 1/2 x 12 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Charlestown (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
Winthrop Square (Boston, Mass.)
Devonshire Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.
Black
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