Percy's Crossing, looking south, East Chatham, Chatham, New York, 8184-B

Search Collections

Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-383919

You can find this within

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
New York - Chatham & E. Chatham
Percy's Crossing, looking south, East Chatham, Chatham, New York, 8184-B
(current record)

Browse Collection

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - New York - Chatham & E. Chatham

Description

The image depicts a rural scene at Percy's Crossing in East Chatham, New York. In the foreground, railroad tracks cross a dirt road. A "LOOK" sign is visible on a pole beside the tracks. The road curves gently upward through a landscape of bare trees, fields, and scattered patches of snow, leading toward a house in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
grade crossings
roads
fields (land)
snow (precipitation)
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012824
B-Series negative 8184-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.800.8184-B

Places

East Chatham (Columbia county, New York state)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact info@historicnewengland.org.