After the great Boston fire, looking towards Franklin Street, 1872

Item Information

Title:
After the great Boston fire, looking towards Franklin Street, 1872
Description:
A large group of officials pose in front of the rubble with workers and onlookers in the back. A man standing in the back, on the left hand side, holds up a sign with the number 18 on it. The Post Office building where the fire was halted can also be seen.
Photographer:
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896
Date:
1872
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
albumen prints
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC013: James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872
Subjects:
fires (events)
disasters
rubble
ruins
commercial buildings
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 photographic print : albumen, black-and-white, mounted ; 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/225135
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
225135
Call #:
PC013.TMP.003