Locomotive #24, diamond stack, Exeter Street Railroad Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 8626-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384359

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Boston - Huntington St., Exeter Yrd.
Locomotive #24, diamond stack, Exeter Street Railroad Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 8626-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Boston - Huntington St., Exeter Yrd.

Description

The image depicts Locomotive #24 with a diamond stack, positioned in the Exeter Street Railroad Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. A man is leaning against the front of the locomotive, holding a tool. In the background, part of a train car labeled "MAIL" is visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
locomotives
men (male humans)
portraits
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013266
B-Series negative 8626-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.070.8626-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk 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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