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Sidewalk, corner Clarendon south side looking east, Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., January 2, 1913

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1913-01-02

GUSN

GUSN-214159

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Description

The streetcar is opposite the M.I.T. Rogers Building on Boylston Street. The building to the right of the Rogers Building is the Museum of Natural History. The building on the right side of the image is the Brunswick Hotel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
streetscapes
intersections
sidewalks
exterior views
university and college buildings
science museums (buildings)
commercial buildings
hotels (public accommodations)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00003242
BTC Line Code B
BTC Plate Number 0000529B
Transit Import ID 2822

Physical Description

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.01.03.3550

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Transit Commission (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other People

Preston, Jonathan, 1801-1888
Preston, William Gibbons, 1842-1910

Other Organizations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England Museum of Natural History
Boston Society of Natural History

Subjects

Architectural photography
Clarendon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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