Old Union Railroad Station, ticket office, interior, Worcester, Mass., 10147-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-381917

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Worcester - Old Union Station
Old Union Railroad Station, ticket office, interior, Worcester, Mass., 10147-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Worcester - Old Union Station

Description

The image shows the interior of the ticket office at the Old Union Railroad Station in Worcester, Massachusetts. A person is seated at a desk with several candlestick telephones while another individual stands in a doorway leading to a partitioned area with a wire-mesh gate. The office is filled with shelves, drawers, stacks of papers, and books.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroad stations
ticket offices
interior views
brochures
white collar workers
desks
chairs (furniture forms)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003064
B-Series negative 10147-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

PC015.002.670.10147-B

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Offices
Tickets

Description Level

Item

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