Finishing face of walls, Walnut to Boylston Streets, under cover of planks, Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts, 8842-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1905-12-13

GUSN

GUSN-384576

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Description

The image shows a railroad track covered in snow running through Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts, with the walls from Walnut to Boylston Streets being finished under cover of planks. There is a train car on the tracks with the number 1178 visible. People are standing near the tracks next to a wall supported by diagonal planks. Houses and utility poles are visible in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
walls
locomotives
freight cars
construction (assembling)
workers
snow (precipitation)
houses
residential structures
exterior views
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013482
B-Series negative 8842-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

PC015.002.400.8842-B

Places

Newton Highlands (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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