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"Type 2's," Central Square looking north, East Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1908

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

GUSN

GUSN-195138

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Description

One 'Type 2' train approaches the camera from the distance as another departs. Pedestrians walk through Central Square, East Boston, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
pedestrians
railroad cars
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00016
AccessID 459
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00016

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.TMP.018

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

Central Square (East Boston, Mass.)
Type 2

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

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