Worker at Grade Corssing Elimination porject, Newton, Massachusetts, 8337-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384071

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Description

The image depicts a worker at the site of a Grade Crossing Elimination project in Newton, Massachusetts. The scene shows railroad tracks being worked on, with the worker standing next to a pile of wooden planks. There are houses and a fence along the right side, and more structures in the distant background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
People
houses
trees
poles (wood products)
wood and wood products
utility poles
fences
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012977
B-Series negative 8337-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.400.8337-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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