Corporate Name
J.V. Spare Dry Goods Company
Corporate Name
New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank
Date8/18/1914
MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions8.5x10.5" mounted
Object number2000.100.89.1.2.34
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCaption says: "The widening of Purchase Street in 1913-1914. The north front of the New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank building conforming to the wider street lines, as it appeared on August 18, 1914. The old walls of the J.V. Spare Dry Goods Company building are seen next north of this Bank." Awning on far left of photo, next to three-story brick and stone building set back from old street line. Side of older building showing under destruction. Large billboard on roof of buildings in center "Fatima Cigarettes", and buildings under consruction on right side of photo with round street clock.On View
Not on viewLawton's Dry Goods Store
Lawton's Dry Goods Store
C.J.Gidley Jeweler
1745-1925
Lawton's Dry Goods Store
