Corner of Tremont and Boylston (Boylston Street explosion)

Corner of Tremont and Boylston (Boylston Street explosion)

Item Information

Title:
Corner of Tremont and Boylston (Boylston Street explosion)
Photographer:
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922
Name on Item:
N. L. Stebbins
Date:
March 4, 1897
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:
Events > Fires & Disasters Misc.
Subjects:
Fires
Disasters
Explosions
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Tremont Street
Extent:
1 photographic print ; 13 1/2 x 17 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q811kn699
Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title and date from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
Caption on image verso: The famous explosion and fire in the recently constructed Tremont Street subway at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets, Boston, in 1897. The damaged building is the Pelham replaced by the present Little Building. The building at the left is the Hotel Touraine, then under construction.
Notes (acquisition):
Purchased by the Boston Public Library from John J. Walsh, May 22, 1974
Identifier:
08_02_000994