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Boston and Albany Railroad workers, Summer's Block, Newton, Mass., ca. 1904

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1904

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston & Albany Railroad Collection: Mass.: Towns: Newton: Rail Construction

GUSN

GUSN-190891

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Description

A crew of Boston and Albany Railroad employees work near Summer's Block in Newton, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0077

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.01.510.02

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Newton (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Subjects

Railroad
Employees
Men
African American men
African American or Black

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Boston & Albany Railroad Collection: Mass.: Towns: Newton: Rail Construction

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