Currently not on view
67 Milk Street, The Boston Button Company – Opposite the New Post Office,
1872
James Wallace Black, American, 1825–1896
x1992-229
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Special Exhibition
Seven laconic bystanders pose for James Wallace Black on Boston’s Milk Street, a boundary line in the great fire that burned sixty-five acres of warehouses, homes, and commercial buildings in November 1872. Behind Black and his camera stood the half-completed New Post Office, which, having been spared from the flames, would become the centerpiece of the rebuilt district.
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Title
67 Milk Street, The Boston Button Company – Opposite the New Post Office
Dates
1872
Maker
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 43.2 x 30.7 cm. (17 x 12 1/16 in.)
mount: 53.2 x 43.2 cm. (20 15/16 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1992-229
Place Depicted
North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Inscription
In ink, upper left: Pearl St.
In ink, lower center: Pearl Street
In graphite, verso upper right corner: 99/2
Scratched in negative, lower right corner: BLACK PHOT.
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