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Source Description
Shows South Boston and parts of South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown and Downtown Boston.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6108xt43s
label
Aerial photograph of South Boston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6108xt43s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Aerial photograph of South Boston
description
Shows South Boston and parts of South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown and Downtown Boston.
date
["1987"]
year
1987
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017895
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Boston Redevelopment Authority Collection
subjects
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
South Boston
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Aerial photographs
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
South Boston
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 aerial photograph ; 108 x 128 cm
notes
Shows South Boston and parts of South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown and Downtown Boston.
Oriented with north towards the upper right.
Scale given as 1"=300'. Actual scale is approximately 1:3,500.
"December 21, 1987."
"23SBT."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
6108xt43s
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6c918e2031c290f2