Kneeland Street Yard, in back of Kneeland Street Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 6465-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-383720

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Description

The image depicts Kneeland Street Yard behind Kneeland Street Station in Boston, Massachusetts. It shows a network of train tracks with a locomotive positioned on one of them. A signal tower is visible, and a man wearing a suit and hat is standing near the tracks. A building marked "Freight House" is visible on the left.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroad stations
railroad yards
railroads
passenger trains
rolling stock
men (male humans)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012621
B-Series negative 6465-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

PC015.002.080.6465-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

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

Description Level

Item

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