Name/Title
Photo of Southern Pacific locomotive #19 that blew up July 15, 1903Entry/Object ID
1997.634.1Description
Acc. No. 97.634.1
Subject Category: Transportation: Steam Trains
Date or Period: 1903
Object: Photograph
Description: Sepia-toned black/white photo, unmounted. The verso is covered with a brownish glue residue which has penetrated the emulsion of the image.
Size: L-4 3/4 x W7 1/2 in.
History of Object: View of old narrow-gauge Southern Pacific locomotive #19 which blew up in Alameda on July 15, 1903. No one was killed. The engineer was a Mr. Duncan; the fireman a Mr. Gale. This photo was originally part of the "West End School Boys Collection", per notation on verso.
Acquired from: Unknown
Date: 11/15/97
Pre-1971 donation, uncataloged.
