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Merchant Dispatch Transportation Co. refrigerator milk car no. 12083, Beacon Yard, Boston, Mass., Jan. 20, 1911

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1911-01-20

Location Note

Boston & Albany Collection: Boston: Railroad cars

GUSN

GUSN-197665

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Description

This photograph shows a side view of a Merchant Dispatch Transportation Co. refrigerator car carrying milk, No. 12083, in Beacon Yard, Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
refrigerator cars
milk
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID barr0018
AccessID 4490
Other identifier HNEDID-barr0018

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.01.150.01

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
Merchant Dispatch Transportation Co.

Subjects

Beacon Yard (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Boston & Albany Collection: Boston: Railroad cars

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