Postcard

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2023.7.13

Description

Color panorama postcard of Southern Pacific engine #18 at Dehy Park in Independence. Photographer was Carlos Elmer. Publisher's text on reverse: Old Number 18, Narrow Gauge Railroad Engine, built by Baldwin in 1911, steamed joyously through the Owens River Valley for many years, its whistle reverberating from the Inyos to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Number 18 now belongs to the Eastern California Museum Association, Independence, a gift of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Collection

Roderick McAulay Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Elmer, Carlos

Role

Photographer