Looking east along tracks, east of Newton Centre Station from north shoulder of roadbed, Newton, Massachusetts, 8870-B

Description

The image shows a railway track curving to the right, surrounded by trees and vegetation, looking east from the north shoulder of the roadbed. A wooden fence runs alongside the tracks on the left side of the image. The scene is east of Newton Centre Station in Newton, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
roadbeds
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013510
B-Series negative 8870-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

PC015.002.460.8870-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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Looking east along tracks, east of Newton Centre Station from north shoulder of roadbed, Newton, Massachusetts, 8870-B

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