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Exterior view of Boston City Hospital Relief Station, Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass., May 27, 1931

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1931-05-27

GUSN

GUSN-317864

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Description

Cars are parked in front of the Boston City Hospital Relief Station in Haymarket Square. On the left side of the image the William Leavens & Company furniture manufacturers can be seen on Canal Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
intersections
exterior views
hospitals (buildings for health facility)
commercial buildings
furniture
automobiles
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Negative Number JB031

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC066

Collection Name

John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

Reference Code

PC066.031

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Haymarket Square (Boston, Mass.)
Canal Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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