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BOSTON, REVERE BEACH & LYNN RAILROAD COMPANYBiblio.com

BOSTON REVERE BEACH & LYNN RAILROAD ENGINE GLASS NEGATIVES

1875ref. 37864N. P. 1875 -1900. RAILROAD. Thirteen plate glass negatives portray engines from the short-line and short-lived Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad. The narrow gauge railroad began taking passengers to and from East Boston and Lynn in 1875. At East Boston those wishing to continue to Boston proper took a ferry across the harbor. The railroad ceased operations in 1940 following a decrease in ridership after the Great Depression and the rise in the automobile. The railway was known for its “Mason Bogie” steam engines also nicknamed “Coffee roasters.” Plates are in varying conditions; some show little rubbing and others are quite distressed. Photograph numbering is arbitrary.Slides depict Engines 3 4 5 9 12 and 19; several are duplicate or very similar: 1. Engine #3 “Jupiter” Left 3/4 view. 1877. Copy by J. Foster Adams 2. Engine #4 On passenger train @ Revere Beach found in Fred Kyper collection 3. Engine #5 “Leo” Right 3/4 view from the rear 4. Engine #9 @ East Boston Right 3/4 view “copied by Dad from one of his pictures” 5x7” 5. Engine #9 in East Boston Passenger Yard right side view “copied and taken by Dad” 5x7” these 2 in same envelope 5x7” 6. Engine #9 East Boston Passenger Yards Right 3/4 view 7. Engine #9 East Boston Passenger Yards Right 3/4 view enlarged image. these 2 in same envelope3.5 x 4.5” 8. Engine #9 “ 9. Engine #12 East Boston Roundhouse right 3/4 view found in Norton D. Clark Collection 10. Engine #12 Same as above with two crew members 11. Engine #19 No Train Right 3/4 view 3 crew 3.5 x 4.5” 12. Engine #19 Same larger 5 x 7” labeled 425 on envelope and plate itself 13. Engine #19 Same 5 x 7” quite distressed. Two of these images appear in books Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad by Robert Liljestrand and David Sweetland and Narrow Gauge to Boston by Frank Kyper. We are offering these books in as new condition along with all the glass plates. The photo with Engine #19 has also been found online. A wonderful collection of railroadiana. unknown

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Chinese-American in 19 cent BostonBiblio.com

Chinese American Man in Boston Studio Cabinet Card 1890s

1890ref. 227691890. Chinese American Boston Chinese American cabinet card circa 1890s a formal studio portrait produced during the height of the Chinese Exclusion era. Created in Boston around or shortly after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act the photograph provides evidence of Chinese American presence in New England and self-representation in the diasporic community through dignified and professional portraiture despite legal and social marginalization. Chickering Elmer. Chinese American man portrait. Boston: Elmer Chickering Studio circa 1890s. Albumen cabinet photograph mounted on original cardstock. The sitter is depicted in a composed frontal pose wearing a dark high-collared suit associated with middle-class professional attire of the period with a carefully styled mustache and direct gaze. The photograph conforms to late 19th-century studio conventions in lighting posture and presentation aligning the subject visually with the formal portrait norms of Boston society clientele typically served by Chickering's studio. The mount verso bears the printed mark "The Original Chickering Photographic Studio" identifying the maker as an established Boston portraitist known for photographing actors public figures and affluent patrons. The choice of studio and format indicates intentional participation in mainstream visual culture positioning the sitter within a framework of dignity and social assertion. Produced during a period when Boston's Chinese community was small and concentrated in the South Cove now Bay Village this portrait is especially significance by its timing amid exclusionary federal policy and local discrimination. Chinese Americans in the Northeast during the late 19th century are infrequently documented in formal studio settings particularly by high-profile commercial studios. The photograph contributes to the limited visual record of Chinese American life in the region illustrating both the constraints of the exclusion era and the presence of individuals navigating and asserting identity within those conditions. Minor edge wear to mount; image clear with strong tonal contrast. Overall very good condition. A significant example of Chinese American studio portraiture in the late 19th-century United States. unknown