Saratoga Street, Grand Junction Branch, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8273-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384008

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Description

The image shows Saratoga Street along the Grand Junction Branch in East Boston, Massachusetts. There are multiple railroad tracks running parallel to each other with a dirt path in between. Buildings and utility poles line both sides of the railway tracks, and an advertisement reading "S.E.'S ECZEMA" is partially visible on a building to the right.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
boxcars
buildings (structures)
exterior views
fences
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012913
B-Series negative 8273-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.290.8273-B

Places

East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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