Beacon Park Yard, Salt Creek Culvert, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 6100-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-383363

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Description

The image depicts Beacon Park Yard and the Salt Creek Culvert in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. It shows a construction site with wooden structures and debris scattered across the area. There are railway tracks in the foreground and a train is visible in the background, with a row of buildings and trees further in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad yards
freight trains
rolling stock
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012082
B-Series negative 6100-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Date of Acquisition

1965

Reference Code

PC015.002.020.6100-B

Places

Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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