1872
GUSN-225015
A fire engine is in front of the Old South Meeting House.The business establishments lining Washington Street can be seen. Rubble lays in the street in the foreground.
streetscapes
meeting houses (religious buildings)
churches (buildings)
historic sites
commercial buildings
disasters
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
James Wallace Black collection number 15
James Wallace Black Photo number 59
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 15 3/4 x 13 inches
PC013
James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
PC013.015
15 3/4 x 13 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Architectural photography
Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.)
Item
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