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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 1 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-224903
Onlookers and soldiers stand in the rubble on Milk Street after the Great Fire in Boston, Massachusetts. Many removal signs can also be seen.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
OVP number OVP 116
James Wallace Black collection number 7
James Wallace Black photo number 50
1 photographic print : albumen, mounted ; 16 1/2 x 12 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
PC013.TMP.007
16 1/2 x 12 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)
Pearl Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.
Black
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