Skip to content

Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

Building with clothesline - Boston, Mass. - 1969

ca. 1969

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

COLLECTION RECORDImage not availableExplore the catalog description and source record.
Visit the source record ↗

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This image depicts the corner of two adjacent brick buildings with a line of laundry strung between them. The building on the right shows windows that appear to lead to apartments. The building on the left shows broken windows with jagged remnants of glass attached to the frames. There is a metal fire escape in the corner of the juncture of the two buildings.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

Source collection ↗

Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2014.116.9

Continue exploring Series 1

Arts, Music & Culture →Everyday Life & Community →

Explore all Series 1 cards →