Embankment support, temporary track west of Walnut Street, Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts, 8853-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1905-09-17

GUSN

GUSN-384587

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Description

The image shows a temporary track running along an embankment west of Walnut Street in Newton Highlands, Newton, Massachusetts. Several houses with fences line the embankment above the track, and there are trees interspersed among them. A group of people is visible in the distance near the tracks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
embankments
construction (assembling)
workers
houses
residential structures
exterior views
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013493
B-Series negative 8853-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

PC015.002.400.8853-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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