Main Line, Mt. Vernon Street ledge, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8529-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1898-01-14

GUSN

GUSN-384302

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Newtonville)
Main Line, Mt. Vernon Street ledge, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8529-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Newtonville)

Description

The image shows a railway line situated alongside a rock ledge in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. Parallel tracks curving into the distance are visible, with utility poles lining the side of the tracks. Residential buildings are seen on higher ground behind a wooden fence to the left.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
houses
residential structures
exterior views
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013169
B-Series negative 8529-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.420.8529-B

Places

Newtonville (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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