Depressing tracks of the Highland Branch, hand mixing on top of cars, Newton Highlands, Newton, Mass., 9617-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1905-10-27

GUSN

GUSN-381390

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Highlands)
Depressing tracks of the Highland Branch, hand mixing on top of cars, Newton Highlands, Newton, Mass., 9617-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Highlands)

Description

The image depicts railway construction on the Highland Branch in Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts. There are multiple flatbed train cars labeled "Boston & Albany Coal Supply," loaded with construction materials and wheelbarrows. Several people are seen standing beside the tracks, and there is a view of a residential house and a wooden fence in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

construction (assembling)
construction equipment
railroads
rolling stock
freight trains
workers
houses
residential structures
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002537
B-Series negative 9617-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.400.9617-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)

Subjects

Railroad trains
Construction

Description Level

Item

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