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Ice cream cart and employees of Charles H. Wachter, Confectioners, standing in front of the Wachter store at 187 West Broadway, South Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: South Boston: West Broadway

GUSN

GUSN-194869

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Description

Four female employees and one male employee of Charles H. Wachter's confectionery and ice cream business pose in their aprons in front of his parlor and store at 187 West Broadway, in South Boston. Charles Wachter is the man with the shorter and lighter hair standing closest to the door of the store. Another employee holds the reins of the horse drawing the wagon lettered with Wachter's name and address. Charles Wachter assumed control of the business started by his brother in 1870. He later moved the business to 1459 Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester.

Details

Descriptive Terms

storefronts
ice cream parlors
confectioneries
workers
aprons (protective wear)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
horse-drawn vehicles
candy
ice cream
commercial buildings
business (commercial function)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000123
AccessID 179
Other identifier HNEDID-000123

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2730.0310.001

Date Notes

ca. 1890s

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Wachter, Charles H., 1856- (retailer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Wachter, Charles H., 1856-

Subjects

city life
German Americans
West Broadway (South Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: South Boston: West Broadway

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