Freight Station, Middlefield, Massachusetts, 6084-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-383347

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Description

The image shows a freight station in Middlefield, Massachusetts. A single-story building is situated in the center, with train boxcars labeled "PENNSYLVANIA" on the tracks to the right. A muddy path leads towards the building and there is a wooden cart in the foreground to the right. The landscape includes bare trees and hills in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
railroad stations
exterior views
hills
snow (precipitation)
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012066
B-Series negative 6084-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1965

Reference Code

PC015.002.360.6084-B

Places

Middlefield (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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