54 Clark Street, 46 Clark Street

Item

Staff Only

Collection Description

From the Collection: The photos were taken on June 1 and June 3, 1901, by the City Engineering Department to document improvements to Clark Street between Washington and School streets. (For more information on the project, see City of Cambridge Annual Reports, 1901, and Cambridge atlases for 1894 and 1903.) There are sixteen photos with a set of duplicates. Copies of the photos are in the Clark Street survey file. Details of the images illustrate the Guide to the Cambridge African American Heritage Trail.

In addition to the work performed by the Street Department, the photos offer a unique view of working-class housing at a turning point in building technology. Many children appear in the photos; a mother leans out of a second floor window. The photos illustrate the diversity of the street and neighborhood.