Baggage & mail car #2146, taken at South Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 5770-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1904-01-14

GUSN

GUSN-383034

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Locomotives
Baggage & mail car #2146, taken at South Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 5770-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Locomotives

Description

The image shows baggage and mail car #2146 at South Station, Boston, Massachusetts. The scene captures the rear of the railway car on snow-covered tracks, with a lamp post on the left and a fenced platform area to the right. Other train cars are visible in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

baggage cars
railroads
railroad stations
fences
snow (precipitation)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP011754
B-Series negative 5770-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

PC015.002.780.5770-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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