First electric trolley car no. 443

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1889-01-01

GUSN

GUSN-317890

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Description

The sign in front of the streetcar reads "Brookline & Brighton." The large text below the streetcar windows reads "Beacon St. Brookline." Above the windows "Boylston St. & W. Chester Park" and at the top "Chestnut Hill Reservoir" can be read.

Details

Descriptive Terms

public transit
trolley cars
transportation
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

Negative Number JB056
Original Negative Number 25322

Physical Descrption

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Collection Code

PC066

Collection Name

John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

Reference Code

PC066.056

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Brighton (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Other Organizations

West End Street Railway Company

Subjects

Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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