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Food service workers standing in front of a car of the Boston and Albany Railroad, Milford, Mass., ca. 1910

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1910

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston & Albany Railroad Collection: Mass.: Towns: Milford

GUSN

GUSN-190825

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Description

A group of food service workers stand in front of a car of the Boston and Albany Railroad in Milford, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
labor
workers
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0058

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.01.420.01

Image Dimensions

8 2/16 x 10 1/16 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Milford (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Subjects

African American men
Food service employees
African American or Black
Work

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston & Albany Railroad Collection: Mass.: Towns: Milford

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