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Apartment building with tires in yard - New Bedford, Mass. - 1972

1972

New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This image depicts a number of rubbers tires lying on their sides in an abandoned lot next to several brick and concrete buildings. The lot is empty except for the tires, some broken boards and a few pieces of trash scattered over the concrete ground. In the background are several rectangular buildings, the nearest one several stories high with a fire escape on the side.

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Catalog reference: 2014.116.10

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