Vernon Street Flood, 420-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-391574

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Description

The image shows a flooded Vernon Street where men are navigating a small rowboat. Several people are standing on the sidewalk and at doorways of wood-sided buildings. Telephone poles line the flooded street, indicating a developed area.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photography
floods (natural events)
houses
People
boats
utility poles
gelatin dry plate negatives

Inscription

1588

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP024335
B-Series negative 420-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC022

Collection Name

Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection, circa 1878-1917

Date of Acquisition

1918-09

Reference Code

PC022.001.002.001.002.420-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Description Level

Item

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