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Washington Street looking northerly from Dock Square, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-02-08

GUSN

GUSN-318237

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Description

Electric streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles proceed down Washington Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetcars
streetscapes
squares (open spaces)
exterior views
commercial buildings
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Negative Number JB252
Original Negative Number 714

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC066

Collection Name

John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

Reference Code

PC066.252

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dock Square (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Neg. 6 1.2 x 8 1/2. Edge peeled.

Description Level

Item

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