Close view of municipal electric distribution pole with white-painted fire-alarm box crossarms (many of these had black lettering with "FIRE" on one side and "ALARM" prominently stenciled on the other.). The radial wave street light you see here was installed at this intersection around 1920 according to town records. It had a 4,000 lumen series-circuit lightbulb in it. In the background is a railroad crossing. This route led down along the coast with a Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company telegraph line alongside it until B&O Telegraph was purchased by Western Union (early 1940s?). The forementioned line had four circuits (eight wires) at the photographed location. Beyond Hingham this was a six-wire line. It had many 1910s cedar poles and was decomissioned in 1963. Some of the old cedar poles remained for crossing-gate signal wires until the early 2000s when this RR line was totally rebuilt for rapid service transit service.

Photo taken looking south towards South Street near Hersey Street in one of the town's historical districts ... if you are familiar with this locale. Standing in the same place as the 1934 photographer, this scene (as cropped) has very much remained unchanged other than the poles in view.