Highland Branch tracks looking east from north side of tracks, Centre Street Bridge in background, (Now the MBTA Riverside line), Newton Centre, Newton, Mass., 9628-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-381401

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Description

The image shows railroad tracks extending into the distance, viewed from the north side, with the Centre Street Bridge visible in the background. The scene is located at Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts, and the tracks are part of the Highland Branch, now known as the MBTA Riverside line. Houses and utility poles line the side of the tracks.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
houses
residential structures
exterior views
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002548
B-Series negative 9628-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

PC015.002.460.9628-B

Places

Newton Center (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

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Description Level

Item

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