Print, Photographic

1992.022.0009

1992.022.0009

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1992.022.0009

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 and partially collapsed building with a huge pile of railroad cars, one nearly vertical on top of the pile, smashed up against it. Smaller white building at left. Workmen surveying the debris. Dirt bank and rough road bed in foreground. Written on back in black ink: "Wamsutter Wyo. July 8 1952." Stamped on back in black ink: "9" or "6". Irregular emulsion around edges. Cracked emulsion in lower right corner, upper left, top center and center right.

Collection

Photograph Collection