Glen Avenue, looking east from south side of railroad, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8820-B

Description

The image depicts a view of Glen Avenue looking east from the south side of a railroad in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts. Visible are railroad tracks running through the scene, with a wooden building to the right. There is a stack of wooden planks and a sloped wooden structure in the foreground, set among several leafless trees. A streetlamp is positioned on the left.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
buildings (structures)
exterior views
lumber
woods (plant communities)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013460
B-Series negative 8820-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

PC015.002.460.8820-B

Places

Newton Center (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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Glen Avenue, looking east from south side of railroad, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8820-B

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