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Crosswalk on Corn Hill opposite Franklin Avenue, looking west, sect. 8 1/2, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-04-14

GUSN

GUSN-318238

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Description

Lawrence, Wilde & Co., furniture, is on the left side of the image at 42 Cornhill. E. Robinson, lock and knob manufacturer, can be seen at no. 39 Cornhill. Patterson & Lavender manufacture library, store and office furniture at 43 and 45 Cornhill. H.L. Hastings is a scriptural tract repository at 47 and 49 Cornhill. The Nathan L. Chaffin restaurant, Chaffin's dining rooms, at 63 Cornhill is further down the street. F.A. Walker & Co. kitchen furnishings store is at 83 Cornhill. Brown's Carpets is on the corner at 75 Cornhill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetcars
streetscapes
exterior views
commercial buildings
locks (securing devices)
door locks
doorknobs
furniture
tracts (documents)
restaurants
kitchens
carpets
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Negative Number JB253
Original Negative Number 797

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC066

Collection Name

John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

Reference Code

PC066.253

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Subjects

Architectural photography
Cornhill Street (Boston, Mass.)
Franklin Avenue (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Looking west. Building fronts, shops, signs, Sears Crescent, left. Neg. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2.

Description Level

Item

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