Local freight train in the Berkshires, Huntington, Massachusetts, 8614-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384347

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
H - Miscellaneous locations
Local freight train in the Berkshires, Huntington, Massachusetts, 8614-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - H - Miscellaneous locations

Description

The image depicts a local freight train traveling through a wooded area in the Berkshires, near Huntington, Massachusetts. The train, with a locomotive at the front, is moving along a set of tracks surrounded by trees and hills in the background. A person is seen walking along the tracks beside the train.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013254
B-Series negative 8614-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.330.8614-B

Places

Huntington (Hampshire 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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