Main Line train at Riverside, west of station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8580-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384313

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Riverside)
Main Line train at Riverside, west of station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8580-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Riverside)

Description

The image shows a Main Line train traveling through an open, grassy area in Riverside, west of the station in Newton, Massachusetts. The train is visible in the mid-ground, and the landscape features a few scattered trees and telegraph poles along the tracks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
passenger trains
rolling stock
hills
woods (plant communities)
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013220
B-Series negative 8580-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.430.8580-B

Places

Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

NEEDS PRESERVATION: The left side of this negative is broken off.

Description Level

Item

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