Beacon Park Yard, looking east, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 6123-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-383385

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Description

The image depicts Beacon Park Yard in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, looking east. Several sets of railroad tracks extend into the distance. A building and utility poles are visible on the left, and there is a locomotive on the tracks in the middle ground. Vegetation and signal structures can be seen on the right.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012105
B-Series negative 6123-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

PC015.002.020.6123-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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