Railroad sidings and lane off Rutherford Avenue behind prison, 1939

Title:: Railroad sidings and lane off Rutherford Avenue behind prison, 1939
Description:: Railroad sidings and lane off Rutherford Avenue behind prison, 1939. To the south of Rutherford Avenue lie hundreds of acres of level ground, reclaimed from the old harbor, where railroad sidings connect with some of the largest milk companies in the east, and what was reputed to be at one time the largest potato shed in the world, together with fruit and vegetable and supply storehouses of many kinds. Many wild flowers and some escaped cultivated plants occur on the edges of the tracks and lanes. Occasionally, we have picked milkweed pods fairly close to Rutherford Ave. itself, and Michaelmas daisies for the church on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: 1939
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Prisons
Railroads
Massachusetts State Prison
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Rutherford Avenue District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Christian Science Monitor
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-288-B1