Local train at Riverside, west of station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8579-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384312

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Riverside)
Local train at Riverside, west of station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8579-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Riverside)

Description

The image shows a local train traveling at Riverside, west of the station in Newton, Massachusetts. The train emits smoke as it moves through a landscape with visible tracks in the foreground. There are trees and telegraph poles in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
utility poles
woods (plant communities)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013219
B-Series negative 8579-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.430.8579-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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