North side of cut, just east of Hyde Street, showing embankment, Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts, 8859-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1905-05-27

GUSN

GUSN-384593

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Description

The image depicts the north side of a cut, just east of Hyde Street, in Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts. It shows a geological embankment with observable layers of sediment and several large rocks or boulders at the base. A wooden fence is visible at the top of the embankment.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
cuts (earthworks)
embankments
fences
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013499
B-Series negative 8859-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1966

Reference Code

PC015.002.400.8859-B

Places

Newton Highlands (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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