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New Salem Station, on Athol Branch, New Salem, Mass., early 1900s

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900s

Location Note

Boston & Albany Railroad Collection / Mass. / Towns "N"

GUSN

GUSN-197635

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Description

Several buggies and wagons are parked at the New Salem Station on the Athol Branch of the Boston and Albany Railroad. Men stand next to or sit on some of these vehicles. Woods and mountains surround the station. Lumber is strewn on the ground at the foot of what may be a telegraph pole.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroad stations
buggies (carriages)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID barr0010
AccessID 4458
Other identifier HNEDID-barr0010

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Reference Code

PC015.01.430.01

Places

New Salem (Franklin county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston and Albany Railroad Co. Athol Branch

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Boston & Albany Railroad Collection / Mass. / Towns "N"

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