Print, Photographic

1992.022.0001

1992.022.0001

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1992.022.0001

Description

Photo, Black and White, 5 3/4 X 3 1/2, of the Wamsutter train wreck, July 8, 1952. Update 2/2010: Black and white print. Snapshot. Image of the aftermath of a train wreck. Crumpled building over the tracks with train cars in a heap beneath it. Two tanker cars at left still upright. Pile of wheels in foreground. Bulldozer and building at center right. Written on back in black ink: " Wamsutter, Wyo. July 8 1952." Stamped on back in black ink: "9" or "6". Upper left corner bent and emulsion cracked. Scratched in lower left. Dents in upper right.

Collection

Photograph Collection