Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1948.037.0305Description
Photo of construction and widening of railroad bed. Dynamiting of rock. taken in 1907.
Update 2/2010: Black and white print. Snapshot printed on postcard paper, used. Image of blasting on a rock face along a railroad track. Man is walking along track in center foreground. Buildings, train and town in background. Note written in black ink on emulsion surface along top edge: "The same rock just as it is being blow to fragments by the dynamite used by the graders in widening the cut. Thot you'd like the pictures as the dear old rock is a thing of the past and we'll never play on it anymore-Stella. No. 3."
Printed on back in black ink: "Postcard" "This side for the Address". Green one cent stamp on back. Postmark "Rawlins, Wyo. Mar 30 630 pm 1907" and "Denver, Colo Mar 3[1] 230 pm 1907". Addressed to: Miss Edith V. Bennett" in Denver, Co. "UWCA Bldg".
Written on back in red pencil: "Page 13-pix 3 2 3/4 x 4". In pencil: "69%" In blue ink: "4-b". In light blue ink: "3".
Torn on upper right edge-1/2 inch long. Postmarks and writing impacting emulsion surface on front. Corner and edge damage-lower right corner bent and emulsion cracked. Soiled.Collection
Photograph Collection