Intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets, Boston, Mass.

Description

Pedestrians cross the intersection of Tremont and Boylston Streets. On the right the corner of the Masonic Temple building can be seen with a sign advertising bicycle wheels. There is a Boston Subway construction site and machinery on the Boston Common. A sign on the construction building reads "Waverley Bicycles." Text on the streetcars read "Huntington Avenue" and "Field's Corner." Among the pedestrians a woman holds the hand of a boy wearing a sailor suit. In the distance, on the right side of the image, The Tudor House on Beacon Hill can be seen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
subways
streetcars
construction sites
subway stations
exterior views
pedestrians
bicycles
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 black-and-white print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8240.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Perkins, Thomas Lyman

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Thayer, Samuel J. F., 1842-1893

Other Organizations

Boston Transit Commission

Subjects

Architectural photography
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Joy Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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