Traffic Boylston Street at Arlington with a store sign "Jones McDuffee & Stratton," Boston, Mass., 1940s

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1940s

GUSN

GUSN-217779

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Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s
Negatives
Miscellaneous by subject
Vehicles
Traffic Boylston Street at Arlington with a store sign "Jones McDuffee & Stratton," Boston, Mass., 1940s
(current record)

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      - Traffic Boylston Street at Arlington with a store sign "Jones McDuffee & Stratton" (current record)

Description

A streetcar is in the middle of automobiles travelling up and down Boylston Street. The glassware and pottery firm of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton can be seen in the image. Arlington Street Church is in the upper middle portion of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetscapes
intersections
exterior views
commercial buildings
pottery (object genre)
porcelain
glassware
churches (buildings)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Envelope Number 00008615
BER Plate Number 00025050
Transit Import ID 4680

Physical Descrption

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

PC017.01.05.300.0310

Image Dimensions

7 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston Elevated Railway (Publisher)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other Organizations

Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton Co.

Subjects

Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Arlington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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