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1872
Boston Fire of 1872\n - Box 1 of 2 - J.W.\n Black
GUSN-225135
A large group of officials pose in front of the rubble with workers and onlookers in the back. A man standing in the back, on the left hand side, holds up a sign with the number 18 on it. The Post Office building where the fire was halted can also be seen.
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
OVP number OVP 110
James Wallace Black collection number 10
negative number 51137-A
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches
Gift of Mrs. Alex Porter in memory of Mr. Porter, 11 April 1919
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
1919-04-11
PC013.TMP.003
Gift
17 1/4 x 12 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
Boston Fire of 1872
- Box 1 of 2 - J.W.
Black
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