Rear of apartments - Boston, Mass. - 1971
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2860 pixels × 4190 pixels, 22.87 MB
- Description
- This image depicts the back of an abandoned four story apartment building. Made of brick, the building has a network of wooden balconies and stairways across the back. Parts of the balcony are coming apart, while differences in wood colors indicate that there have been replacements and repairs. Many of the doorways and windows are boarded up; some have partial remains of doors and window glass, others are empty dark holes in the brick facade. There is faint graffiti along the ground floor. The foreground of the image depicts an overgrown field littered with trash.
- Place depicted
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- Object number
- 2014.116.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.