Main Street grade crossing, looking south, Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts, 8277-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384012

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Lower Falls)
Main Street grade crossing, looking south, Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts, 8277-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Lower Falls)

Description

The image shows a railway grade crossing at Main Street, looking south in Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts. Visible are railway tracks that intersect a dirt road, with a wooden crossing sign and a small structure nearby. A watchman stands near the structure. Trees and a rural landscape are visible in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
grade crossings
streets
watchmen
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012918
B-Series negative 8277-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.410.8277-B

Places

Newton Lower Falls (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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