Print, Photographic

2008.1008.1.553

2008.1008.1.553

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2008.1008.1.553

Description

Black & white copy print. Snapshot. Image of a steam locomotive engine & tender parked to the side of a multi-story brick building. Sign on building: "Baldwin Locomotive Works" Number painted on side of cab is hard to read. Tender is ornately painted with "U.P.R.R.". Stamped in black in lower right: "U.P. File Photo". Written on original print in lower left: "Union Pacific R R April 1868". Written on back [blue ink] "U.P. #90, one of 5 engines 88 to 92 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1868. Cylinders 16" x 24", drivers 54", boiler diameter 48" wheelbase drivers 12' - 1" wheelbase engine 23'-9" wheelbase engine & tender 45' - 0" firebox width 33" weight of engine 79,450 lbs steam pressure 130 lbs tender, water 2304 gals coal 8 tons 10 wheel freight engine" [pencil] "H-3-21" "Locos. U.P. #1" [red pencil] "Page 10 - pix 3 56% 1 15/16 x 5" Writing on back impacting emulsion in upper right. Emulsion crack in corners & a few places throughout.

Collection

Photograph Collection