1881-1913
GUSN-355546
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.
public transit
subways
streetcars
construction sites
subway stations
exterior views
pedestrians
bicycles
black-and-white prints (photographs)
1 black-and-white print
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8240.001
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Perkins, Thomas Lyman
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Thayer, Samuel J. F., 1842-1893
Boston Transit Commission
Architectural photography
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Joy Street (Boston, Mass.)
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