Centre Street crossing, showing ice house at western end of freight yard, Newton, Massachusetts, 8720-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1905-12-30

GUSN

GUSN-384454

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton
Centre Street crossing, showing ice house at western end of freight yard, Newton, Massachusetts, 8720-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton

Description

The image shows Centre Street crossing in Newton, Massachusetts, with railroad tracks running through a freight yard. To the right, there is an ice house marked with signage, located at the western end of the yard. A railway car is visible in the foreground and several utility poles line the tracks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013360
B-Series negative 8720-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

PC015.002.390.8720-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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