The Highland Branch west of Tower #8 at Brookline Junction looking west, Park Drive bridge in background and spire of Sears Chapel in far background at Longwood, (Now the MBTA Riverside Line), Brookline, Mass., 9636-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-381408

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Description

The image shows the Highland Branch, now the MBTA Riverside Line, west of Tower #8 at Brookline Junction in Brookline, Massachusetts, looking west. In the background, the Park Drive bridge is visible, along with the distant spire of Sears Chapel at Longwood. There are railway tracks in the foreground with a train on the left and utility poles and trees line the tracks on the right side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
bridges (built works)
chapels (rooms or structures)
religious buildings
utility poles
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002555
B-Series negative 9636-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

PC015.002.160.9636-B

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Chapels

Description Level

Item

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