GUSN-391557
The image shows an icy scene resulting from a fire on Clinton Street. The walls and street are covered in thick ice and icicles, likely due to water used to extinguish the fire freezing in cold conditions. A bridge structure is visible overhead, also covered in ice. People are gathered in the street below, and signs can be seen in the background, including one that reads "J. S. ANDERSON."
photography
fires (events)
ice
buildings (structures)
bridges (built works)
gelatin dry plate negatives
1551
IMLS Negative Barcode NP024316
B-Series negative 402-B
1 glass plate negative
PC022
Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection, circa 1878-1917
1918-09
PC022.001.002.001.002.402-B
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)
gelatin dry plate negatives
Item
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