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Exterior view of Baptist church on Brighton Ave., Allston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Massachusetts - Brighton - Modern - Thomson & Thomson photos

GUSN

GUSN-195054

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Description

A trolley car passes by the Brighton Avenue Baptist Church (1857-1931) on Brighton Avenue in the Union Square neighborhood of Allston. The signs on the car read: "Corner Coolidge [word illegible] Brookline Village"; "Oak Square [word illegible] Huntington Avenue"; "Pops concert"; and car number 3215. An image of a car appears to have been superimposed on the main image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spires
churches (buildings)
squares (open spaces)
steeples (building components)
Baptist
public transit
streetcar systems
trolley cars
rails (transit system elements)
exterior views
religious buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000148
AccessID 369
Other identifier HNEDID-000148

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0070.001

Date Notes

1880s-1910s

Places

Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Brighton Avenue (Allston, Boston, Mass.)
Cambridge Street (Allston, Boston, Mass.)
Union Square (Allston, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Massachusetts - Brighton - Modern - Thomson & Thomson photos

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