Print, Postcard

Name/Title

Print, Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2012.9.47

Description

Photo postcard of Southern Pacific engine #18 with a long line of boxcars. It has a big plume of black smoke coming out of its smokestack and there is a water tank in the background. There is a man standing off to the far left side. Written in pencil on reverse: 27. Written in black ink on reverse: Train leaving Laws yard destined Owenyo, 1946. Stamped in teal ink on reverse: Photographed by Walter H. Thrall, Jr. [and address]. Stamped in purple ink with W. F. Tommer's address.

Collection

W. F. Tommer Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Thrall, Walter H., Jr.

Date made

1946

Place

Location

Laws, CA