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Chinatown, Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Harrison Ave.: Postcards

GUSN

GUSN-195371

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Description

A picture postcard view of Chinatown in Boston from Harrison Avenue. Horse-drawn carts line each side of the street. The sign for Jacob Wirth's Restaurant on Eliot Street, renamed Stuart Street, Cosmopolitan Drug Co. 42 Kneeland St.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Chinatowns
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000506
AccessID 713
Other identifier HNEDID-000506

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.077

Date Notes

ca. 1905

Places

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

Record Details

Material Type

picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs

Subjects

Chinese Americans
Eliot Street (Boston, Mass.)
Harrison Avenue (Boston, Mass.)
Kneeland Street (Boston, Mass.)
Stuart Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Small: Mass.: Boston: Harrison Ave.: Postcards

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