Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 2 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-225014
A group of formally dressed men stand next to an arched ruin with workers in the foreground. There are also removal signs showing businesses that have resumed operation at new locations.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
James Wallace Black collection number 24
James Wallace Black Photo number 11
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 15 1/4 x 13 inches
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
PC013.TMP.011
15 1/4 x 13 (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
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 2 of 2 - J.W.
Black
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
