Eliot Station, Highland Branch, now part of the Mass. Bay Transportation Authority System, Newton, Mass., 10700-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-382465

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Description

The image depicts Eliot Station on the Highland Branch, now part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority System, located in Newton, Massachusetts. The station is a small structure with a pitched roof near the railway tracks. Surrounding the building are trees and shrubbery, with additional tracks visible in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad stations
platforms (floors)
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003615
B-Series negative 10700-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

PC015.002.390.10700-B

Places

Newton (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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