Brookline Junction, looking east toward Brookline Avenue bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, 8389-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384130

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Boston - Brookline Junction
Brookline Junction, looking east toward Brookline Avenue bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, 8389-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Boston - Brookline Junction

Description

The image depicts Brookline Junction in Boston, Massachusetts, looking east toward the Brookline Avenue bridge. Visible are railroad tracks that converge and pass under a metal truss bridge in the distance. There are utility poles on both sides of the tracks and a wooden fence runs along the right side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
bridges (built works)
fences
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013029
B-Series negative 8389-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.110.8389-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk 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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