Demolition of roof of the burned First Church

Demolition of roof of the burned First Church

Item Information

Title:
Demolition of roof of the burned First Church
Description:
Demolition of roof of the burned First Church. This travelling crane lifted the beams and other loose sections of roof, and finally lifted the two hundred twenty pound bell out of the truncated bell tower.
Photographer:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:
Photo by Rev. Wolcott Cutler
Date:
[ca. 1925–1959]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):
Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:
Churches
Fires
Demolition
Hoisting machinery
First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Extent:
1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:
Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: Photographed by Wolcott Cutler: #466:6.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of Reverend Wolcott Cutler
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials: Since 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):
Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:
CHA-351-E5