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Item Description

Title: Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)

Photographer

• McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963

Source Document

Description

May 9, 1938 view of Main Street from South Union Street to South Willard Street, WPA Project No. 465-12-1-16. This view shows the completed pavement after a binder course of hot mix stone-filled-sheet asphalt had been constructed on the penetration crushed stone base which is partially shown in the view showing previous construction. Through the elm trees, a corner of the Edmunds High School building (Burlington High School) can be seen on the far right. Earlier and later models of automobiles are parked on both sides of the street.

Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject/topic

• Street photography
• Construction projects

Subject/name

• Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets

• United StatesWork Projects Administration.

Subject/geographic

• Burlington (Vt.)

Note [Digital Version]

2007-12-21, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: still image

Parent Collections

• Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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