ca. 1886
GUSN-202225
Exterior view of the F. L. Ames Wholesale Store at the corner of Bedford Street and Kingston Street, as designed by H.H. Richardson. Two carts are parked in front of the building.
awnings
urban environments
carts
exterior views
Richardsonian Romanesque
eye-level views
granite (rock)
city blocks
commercial buildings
windows
façades
arches
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: The Bedford Street Building destroyed by fire 1889. Designed by H.H. Richardson [in pencil, in a different hand:] Built in 1882 [in previous hand:] Gift of Mr. Wm. S. Appleton 15 June 1934 {copy neg. #11165-B}
OVP Photo Database Number 12
OVP Number OVP0018
Negative Number 11165-B
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
15 June 1934
PC001.01.TMP.018
16.75 x 12.125 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton.
albumen prints
photographs
Bedford Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Kingston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Piece of right edge of mount missing; top right corner of mount crushed; photograph and mount punctured (bottom center); pencil and other marks across verso of mount
Item
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