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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 2 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-225016
This image shows no. 52 Kilby Street, looking towards State Street. Formally dressed men stand in front of a building ruin, possibly that of Andrew C. Spring and Company, at street level. A sign says "Black photo" on the left side of the image.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
James Wallace Black collection number 19
James Wallace Black photo number 36
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 16 x 12 inches
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
PC013.TMP.013
16 x 12 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896
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
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