Hancock Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1131

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1915-06-30

GUSN

GUSN-378623

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Massachusetts
Boston
Hancock Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, H-1131
(current record)

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston

Description

The image depicts a row of multi-story brick buildings along Hancock Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The architecture features bay windows and chimneys. In the foreground, an early 20th-century automobile and a bicycle are visible near a sidewalk lined with a decorative fence. A larger building with columns stands on the right side of the frame, adjacent to a fountain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

streetscapes
residential structures
exterior views
automobiles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008156
Halliday negative H-1131

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.010.H-1131

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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