1872
GUSN-202355
Group portrait of unidentified men, some in firefighters uniforms, standing on the site of ruins created by the Boston Fire. One man is gesturing towards a Consumers Protective Association milk truck.
wagons (cargo vehicles)
uniforms
Costume (Hierarchy Name)
firefighters
ruins
events
albumen prints
photographs
Verso of mount: {exchange Aug. 1981 (Henry Deeks, 1880 Mass. Ave., Cambridge) N.B. This is [underlined: not] by James Black}
OVP Photo Database Number 143
OVP Number OVP0105
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
August 1981
PC001.01.TMP.105
11.5 x 16.75 (HxW)(inches)
Exchange with Henry Deeks.
albumen prints
photographs
Consumers Protective Association (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Fire, 1872
Disasters
Fires
Horses
Working animals
Boston (Mass.)
Light staining, top center of recto.
Item
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