1872 SV of DEVESTATION Ruins of Buildings BOSTON STAR COLLAR Co. BOSTON MA Soule for Sale

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1872 SV of DEVESTATION Ruins of Buildings BOSTON STAR COLLAR Co. BOSTON MA Soule For Sale

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1872 SV of DEVESTATION Ruins of Buildings BOSTON STAR COLLAR Co. BOSTON MA Soule:
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Stereoview photograph or the ruins of buildings inBoston, Massachusetts, after the Great Fire of 1872, by John P. Soule ofBoston. The view, No. 18 from the series Ruins of the Great Fire in Boston andentitled Otis Street, from Summer, shows a devastated landscape of ruinedbuildings and debris stretching off into the distance. Signs in the foregroundgive the new locations of businesses that were burned out and moved (at leasttemporarily). It’s hard to read the nearer sign, but a little research turnedup some information of businesses lost in the fire. The sign reads Office ofBoston Star Collar Co., 8 & 10 Pitts St. The 11/11/1872 edition of theBoston Globe notes that this company was located at 14 or 15 Otis Street—thebuilding may have been owned by Christine Nilsson, the Swedish opera star. Thestereoview is in good or better condition with light wear and soiling. Note thelight rubbing and bumping at the corners, the minor water stain at the bottomcorners, and the light corner crease at top right. A nice Great Boston Fireimage and an interesting piece of Boston MA history!