Curtis Street, Standard Oil tracks, looking southwest, East Boston, Boston, Mass., 10293-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1905-06-01

GUSN

GUSN-382062

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Description

The image depicts railroad tracks with multiple tanker cars in the foreground, identified as part of the Standard Oil facilities on Curtis Street, East Boston, Massachusetts. Industrial buildings and structures, including storage tanks, are visible in the middle ground, with a smokestack in the background. The view is looking southwest.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
rolling stock
freight trains
tank cars
houses
residential structures
exterior views
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003209
B-Series negative 10293-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.290.10293-B

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Railroad trains

Description Level

Item

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