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Union Street to Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1940s

GUSN

GUSN-317875

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Description

A newspaper vendor stands just inside the subway entrance. Lebow, to the right of the subway entrance, sells trunks and bags at 104 Union Street. A sign for Murray's Tavern can be seen. The Boston City Hospital Relief Station can be seen in Haymarket Square.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
subway stations
sidewalks
streetscapes
exterior views
commercial buildings
hospitals (buildings for health facility)
interchanges
squares (open spaces)
luggage
taverns
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Negative Number JB041

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC066

Collection Name

John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

Reference Code

PC066.041

Date Notes

( labeled "1939 registration")

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

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

Description Level

Item

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