Downing Street Flood, 555-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-391707

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Description

The image shows a flooded street identified as Downing Street, where water covers the road. Several people, including children, stand in front of houses on the left side, with water up to their knees. A person is seated in a small rowboat in the middle of the flooded street, and other individuals are visible in the background wading through the water. The buildings lining the street are wooden and have multiple stories.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

1593

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP024471
B-Series negative 555-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

PC022.001.002.001.002.555-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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