View on Highland Branch, looking east from the Longwood Station, Brookline, Mass., 9616-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-381389

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Description

The image depicts the Highland Branch railway tracks looking east from Longwood Station in Brookline, Massachusetts. Visible are the tracks curving into the distance, flanked by dense vegetation on both sides and a pole with a curved light fixture in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad stations
woods (plant communities)
lamps (lighting devices)
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002536
B-Series negative 9616-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1966

Reference Code

PC015.002.160.9616-B

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Railroad stations

Description Level

Item

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