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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Great train robbery at Pleasure Island

Item

Title
Great train robbery at Pleasure Island
Description
"On every trip of the Pleasure Island and Western Railroad, attempts are made by armed bandits to board the train to rob passengers and the conductor. They never succeed because the trusty sheriff riding on the train guns them down. (At Pleasure Island, Wakefield, Mass., on Route 128, Exit 21-A, just 14 miles North of Boston" -- Text from back of postcard.
Color photo by George F. Jeans.
Published for Breck's of Boston.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date
[1950-1959?]
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
Wakefield MA : Pleasure Island
Subject
Amusement parks
Pleasure Island (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type
still image
Cards
Original Format
1 postcard : col.
Extent
8.75 x 14 cm.