Fall River Line collection
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of some correspondence, invoices and receipts, train and ship timetables, real photo postcards, postcards and a menu.
Dates
- 1879-1953
Creator
- Fall River Line (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Fall River Line was a combination steamboat and railroad connection between New York City and Boston that operated between 1847 and 1937. It consisted of a railroad journey between Boston and Fall River, Massachusetts, where passengers would then board steamboats for the journey through Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound to the line's own Hudson River dock in Manhattan. For many years, it was the preferred route to take for travel between the two major cities. The line was extremely popular, and its steamboats were some of the most advanced and luxurious of their day. (Wikipedia, accessed March 28, 2024)
Extent
.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased on Ebay from separate sellers.
Creator
- Fall River Line (Organization)
- Title
- Fall River Line collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Judy Farrar
- Date
- 2024 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository