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View of Chestnut Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-195623

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Description

A Chestnut Street image which looks west from River Street, towards the embankment. This Beacon Hill scene contains commercial buildings, automobiles and a horse carriage. The business to the left, across from the horse-drawn vehicle, is Joseph Pink & Company a harness and saddlery concern that operated in the 1890s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
horse-drawn vehicles
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000731
AccessID 971
Other identifier HNEDID-000731

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2400.002

Date Notes

ca. 1917

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

photographs

Subjects

Chestnut Street (Boston, Mass.)
River Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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