Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2008.1008.1.43Description
Black & white glossy print of two rows of men. First row is seated, there are eight men all dressed in suits. The man fourth from the left is holding a bouquet of flowers with an upright attachment reading "B. E. Div 44" The back row has nine men standing. They all wear suits. Embossed stamp on lower right corner. "Meyers Rawlins, Wyo." with a large "M" in center of circle.
Stamped on back in black" Professional Photo Services Oct 25 '68 Frank J Meyers Rawlins, Wyo."
Note: Probably Railroad.
Good Condition. Creased, fingerprints, irregular emulsion.
Update 02/03/2012:
The group is identified as members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an Union Pacific union organization. It is believed the photograph was taken at The Flame restaurant after 1961. The men have been identified as: L-R back row: E. B. (Earl) Drake, John Wing, Howard Eyre, Harry Cook, Sid Stephens, Cellus G. Jose, Curley Sloss, Robert L. "Bob" Morrison, Earl Crum. L-R front row: Carl Seith, Abe Duran, J. D. (Jack) Taylor, (father-in-law of Ann Taylor), Carl Jacobson (holding the flower arrangement), Ed Little, Sig Karst, Louis Kelleher, and Carl Hockman.Collection
Photograph Collection