North Brookfield Branch, looking west, East Brookfield, Brookfield, Massachusetts, 8413-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384186

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Description

The image depicts a rural road with a railroad crossing in East Brookfield, Brookfield, Massachusetts, looking west. Visible are utility poles with railroad crossing signs reading "RAILROAD CROSSING LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS." There are houses on either side of the road and telegraph poles line the area.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013053
B-Series negative 8413-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.060.8413-B

Places

Brookfield (Worcester 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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