Concrete wall beside tracks, Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 6065-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-383328

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Description

The image shows a concrete wall beside railway tracks in Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Massachusetts. The wall is constructed with stone sections on either side of a smoother concrete section and is topped with a wooden fence. The foreground features railway tracks running parallel to the base of the wall.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
walls
concrete
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012047
B-Series negative 6065-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1965

Reference Code

PC015.002.570.6065-B

Places

Wellesley Hills (Wellesley, Norfolk 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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