1939-10-13
Library and Archives: Boston Transit Commission: Photographic Prints: F20
GUSN-190893
This image shows the progress of track removal on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. A truck and workers stand in the middle of the road. A woman stands in the street to the left of the detour sign. Part of the Strand Theatre can be seen on the left side of the image.
streetscapes
public transit
tracks (transit system elements)
construction sites
pedestrians
African American
exterior views
commercial buildings
workers
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Project number HNE0079
1 photographic print
PC017
Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s
PC017.02.020.001
8 2/16 x 10 1/16 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission (Publisher)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
African American women
African Americans
Huntington Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Women
African American or Black
Included in the Boston African Americana Project.
Item
Library and Archives: Boston Transit Commission: Photographic Prints: F20
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