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This photograph shows people photographing and watching as a train passes by. It is perhaps one of the last trains to run down Main Street (hence the crowd), which would put mean this image was taken in 1964.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Z Collection - 2006-170
Date
circa 1964
Digitisation ID
2017P_2006-170_021059
Format
B&W print
Held In
Coolstore

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By Attribution Alone

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camera,
photography,
railway,
train,
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