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"Type 2's," Lexington St. looking east, East Boston, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1908

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

GUSN

GUSN-195137

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Description

A type 2 train car travels up Lexington St. in a residential neighborhood in East Boston, Massachusetts. Trees and homes line the street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad cars
residential districts
houses
dwellings
families
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00015
AccessID 458
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00015

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.TMP.017

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

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

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

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