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View of the flood of 1886, Belmont Street, Roxbury, Mass., 1886

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1886

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Roxbury / 1886 Flood Coolidge

GUSN

GUSN-196960

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Description

People cope with the flood on Belmont Street in boats and on rafts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

events
floods (natural events)
streetscapes
boats
people (agents)
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001789
AccessID 3766
Other identifier HNEDID-001789

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0140.001

Date Notes

1886

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Subjects

Belmont Street (Roxbury, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Roxbury / 1886 Flood Coolidge

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