Sumner Tunnel (Boston) : Co... Sumner Tunnel (Boston) : Construction Photographs, 1929-1933 | UMass Boston Digital Archives
Title: Sumner Tunnel (Boston) : Construction Photographs, 1929-1933
Finding Aid: http://www.lib.umb.edu/node/3857
Brief Description: The photographs document the construction of the first Boston Harbor tunnel, later called the Sumner Tunnel. The tunnel was constructed to handle automobile traffic from the North End of Boston to East Boston. The tunnel opened in 1935.
The 64 black and white photographs are backed with linen to be kept in a three ring binder. All of the photographs are labeled with information about the exact location in the North End/Haymarket Square neighborhood and the work being done. They are all dated. The creator of the photographs is not known. Also included are three parcel maps with corresponding lists of property taken for “Haymarket Square Improvement”.
The 64 black and white photographs are backed with linen to be kept in a three ring binder. All of the photographs are labeled with information about the exact location in the North End/Haymarket Square neighborhood and the work being done. They are all dated. The creator of the photographs is not known. Also included are three parcel maps with corresponding lists of property taken for “Haymarket Square Improvement”.