Unidentified man on handcar, Middlefield, Mass., 10835-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-382595

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Middlefield - Miscellaneous views and flood scenes
Unidentified man on handcar, Middlefield, Mass., 10835-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Middlefield - Miscellaneous views and flood scenes

Description

An unidentified man sits on a handcar positioned on railway tracks in Middlefield, Massachusetts. The tracks curve into the background and the handcar appears to be situated on a straight section of the line.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
handcars
men (male humans)
portraits
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003750
B-Series negative 10835-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

PC015.002.360.10835-B

Places

Middlefield (Hampshire 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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