Geo: Small: Mass.: South Boston: Postcards
GUSN-195470
This picture postcard features an aerial view of the South Boston Army Base, dry docks, and loading docks in South Boston, Massachusetts. The view also encompasses the residential areas near these facilities and Boston Harbor. The base opened in 1919 and closed in the early 1980s, replaced by the Massport Marine Terminal. The printed inscription reads: "Largest dry dock in America. Longest loading dock in America."
army bases
loading docks
harbors
aerial views
dry docks
picture postcards
aerial photographs
photographs
DigitalID 000583
AccessID 814
Other identifier HNEDID-000583
1 postcard
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.TMP.099
ca. 1935
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]
South Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation (photographer)
Tichnor Bros., Inc. (Publisher)
picture postcards
aerial photographs
photographs
United States. Army
Item
Geo: Small: Mass.: South Boston: Postcards
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