Looking west to tower #33, East Brookfield, Brookfield, Massachusetts, 8409-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384176

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
B - Miscellaneous locations
Looking west to tower #33, East Brookfield, Brookfield, Massachusetts, 8409-B
(current record)

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - B - Miscellaneous locations

Description

The image depicts snowy railroad tracks in East Brookfield, Brookfield, Massachusetts, looking west towards tower #33. Several utility poles and industrial buildings are visible along the sides of the tracks, with a distant view of the tower at the center of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad signal towers
boxcars
snow (precipitation)
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013049
B-Series negative 8409-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.060.8409-B

Places

Brookfield (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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