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Fitchburg Railroad Company N. Adams, Mass.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.06.01 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: No. Adams, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Title from verso. Box cars of the Boston & Albany Red line and other railroads are shown on left side of image near the freight station. Passenger cars are on right side of the image and the town is visible to the middle and rear of the photograph.

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