1941
GUSN-202262
Exterior view of commercial buildings and storefronts between 187 and 195 Massachusetts Avenue, including the Window Box Cafe, the Fenway Barber Shop, The Melody Shop, a shoe and hat repair shop, and a locksmiths/hardware store. Streetcar tracks are in the foreground.
urban environments
hardware stores
stores
barbershops
commercial buildings
bay windows
storefronts
façades
exterior views
business (commercial function)
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Recto of mount: [twice:] [illegible] underlined: out]; Verso of mount: Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Mass. 1941
OVP Photo Database Number 49
OVP Number OVP0049.1
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.01.TMP.049-1
10 x 17 (HxW)(inches)
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Cafes
Record stores
Signs and signboards
Street railroads. Track
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Heavily creased; bottom center and top right of mount torn.
Item
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