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    <mods:title>Gilbert E. Lame</mods:title>
    <mods:subTitle>Oldest railroad crossing tender (a position made obsolete by automatic crossing guards and now almost nonexistent), at the Newburyport Turnpike, retiring at the age of 80. Pictured with his stop sign. Nicknamed the "Jack-Knife Minister" for his accomplished whittling, which he would perform while giving talks for various organizations and groups such as the Boy Scouts.</mods:subTitle>
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    <mods:namePart>Blackington, Alton H.</mods:namePart>
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      <mods:placeTerm type='text'>West Peabody (Mass.)</mods:placeTerm>
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    <mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes' qualifier='approximate'>1940</mods:dateCreated>
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    <mods:extent>1 photograph ; 12.5 x 10 cm.</mods:extent>
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  <mods:abstract>From a series of images of "characters".</mods:abstract>
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    <mods:topic>Railroad crossing guards--Massachusetts--Photographs</mods:topic>
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    <mods:topic>Railroads--Employees--Massachusetts--Photographs</mods:topic>
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      <mods:continent>North and Central America</mods:continent>
      <mods:state>Massachusetts</mods:state>
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      <mods:coordinates>42.25,-71.8333</mods:coordinates>
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    <mods:name authority='local' type='personal'>
      <mods:namePart>Lame, Gilbert E.</mods:namePart>
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      <mods:title>Alton H. Blackington Collection</mods:title>
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