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"Type 2's," Meridian St. looking north, East Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1908

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

GUSN

GUSN-195136

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Description

Two 'Type 2' train cars run on tracks down the middle of Meridian St. in East Boston, Massachusetts. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are also depicted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad cars
streetscapes
horse-drawn vehicles
pedestrians
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00014
AccessID 457
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00014

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.TMP.016

Places

East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission

Subjects

Meridian St. (East Boston, Mass.)
Type 2

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

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