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1872
Boston Fire of 1872- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.Black
GUSN-224901
Onlookers stand by the rubble next to old Trinity Church on Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts after the Great Fire of 1872. OVP109, [3]." The verso also has: "A.H. Rickards, 19 1/4 x 23 1/2 #1335."
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
churches (buildings)
religious buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
OVP number OVP 109
James Wallace Black collection number 3
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 13 1/2 x 10 1/4
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
1911-04
PC013.TMP.006
Gift
13 1/2 x 10 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Rickards, A. H.
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Summer Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.Black
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