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Powers Store where 1st Big Fire Started June 25, 1877

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Catalog date 06/29/2003
Category 8: Communication Artifact
Classification Buildings
Fires
Collection Bowd Osborne color slides
Date of photo 1877
Description Power's Store where the fire of 25 June 1877 started which wiped out many buildings in the Pleasant Street/School Street area. The sign over the left hand door reads "Gents Furnishing Goods". There are three men and a woman standing in front of the building and one man in a 2nd floor window.
Home Location BD Slide Carousel Conf. Rm. Wood Shelf#3
Object ID 1961-001-00039
Object Name Transparency, Slide
Place Marblehead
Search Terms Marblehead Buildings
Marblehead Business
Fires, Firemen, & Fire fighting equipment
Sub-category Documentary Artifact
Subjects Buildings
Fires
Title Powers Store where 1st Big Fire Started June 25, 1877
Year range to 1877
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Last modified on: January 05, 2009