ca. 1867
GUSN-202260
View of commercial buildings being razed at State Street and Atlantic Avenue during the demolition of Long Wharf. Construction workers are standing on a razed lot, right; commercial traffic is on the left.
urban environments
wagons (cargo vehicles)
carts
demolition
workers
construction equipment
views (visual works)
streets
commercial buildings
façades
central business districts
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: {purchase John J. Walsh. Jamaica Plain Oct. 8, 1968} [in a different hand:] 5.00 [circled: N] [in a different hand:] F. Nordstrom Melrose Mass. [in a different hand:] State Street + Atlantic Avenue Long Wharf demolition Boston, Massachusetts [identified:] 1/15/1980 [in a different hand:] [circled: 27]
OVP Photo Database Number 47
OVP Number OVP0046
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
08 October 1968
PC001.01.TMP.046
12 x 16.75 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from John J. Walsh.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
albumen prints
photographs
Construction and demolition debris
Construction workers
Horses
Signs and signboards
Working animals
Atlantic Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Long Wharf (Boston, Mass.)
State Street (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Recto and recto of mount stained; two small patches of foxing on recto of mount with corresponding stains on verso
Item
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