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View of Geneva Ave. looking towards Park St., Dorchester, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings: Streets and Transit: Unmounted: Folder 1 of 3

GUSN

GUSN-194922

Description

Several trolley cars sit on tracks and are attached to overhead lines. A sign indicates that this is the Fields Corner Station and shows an arrow directing passengers to the tunnel trains. Row houses can be seen across the street from the station.

Details

Descriptive Terms

row houses
stations
subways
public transit
streetcar systems
automobiles
trolley cars
rails (transit system elements)
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000133
AccessID 233
Other identifier HNEDID-000133

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0080.001

Date Notes

18 January 1944

Places

Fields Corner (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

city life
Fields Corner Station (Dorchester, Boston, Mass
Geneva Avenue (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
overhead electric lines
Park Street (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings: Streets and Transit: Unmounted: Folder 1 of 3

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