Between Natick and Framingham, west of station, on long curve looking west, Natick, Massachusetts, 8360-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384094

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Natick
Between Natick and Framingham, west of station, on long curve looking west, Natick, Massachusetts, 8360-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Natick

Description

The image shows a group of workers engaged in maintaining railroad tracks on a long curve. Several telegraph poles line both sides of the tracks, and the scene includes a landscape with trees and open fields in the background. The location is specified as between Natick and Framingham, Massachusetts, looking west.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
workers
construction (assembling)
bodies of water
utility poles
woods (plant communities)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013000
B-Series negative 8360-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.380.8360-B

Places

Natick (Middlesex 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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