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Forest Hills car houses, Lotus Place, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1910

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

GUSN

GUSN-195899

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Description

An exterior view of the Forest Hills car houses in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Train cars can be seen entering and exiting the garage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroad cars
garages
exterior views
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00049
AccessID 1247
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00049

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.TMP.057

Places

Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission

Subjects

Forest Hills (Boston, Mass.)
Lotus Place (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Cheney Transit Negatives

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