Sepia tone photo of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R., M. & E. Div. locomotive 101, "Oxford", outside roundhouse, Hoboken, Apr.10, 1886.
Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0057
Description
Sepia tone photograph of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Morris & Essex Division locomotive 101, "Oxford", outside roundhouse, Hoboken, April 10, 1886.
3-3/4" high x 4-5/8" wide print on 4" x 5" mount. Photographer not indicated. Reverse has notations as recorded below.
View is of the steam locomotive and its coal tender with two employees posed with it near turntable. Background is the roundhouse with numbered bays.
Notes on back at upper right:
D.L. & W. (M. & E.)
No. 101. - 6.'. F.
Cylinders
Wheels
Weight
Boiler pressure
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Apr. 10, 1886.
Hoboken, N.J.
(Also inked numbered "122." on back upper left.)
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Listed in Taber (see notes) on page 309 in the Morris & Essex Division roster: locomotive no. 101 is found under its original name "Roseville"; type 2-6-0 built in 1873; renamed "Oxford" in 1875; rebuilt 1894; re-numbered in 1899 as no. 243.
Built by Dickson Manufacturing Company of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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Oxford / Roseville / motive power / steam-powered / DL&W /
Acquisition
Accession
2015.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1886
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
4 in
Width
5 in
General Notes
Note
Notes: Taber = The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Nineteenth Century 1828-1899. The History of the Formation and Development of the D.L. & W. "Family" of Railroads, and Their Locomotives, which, in the Following Century Became One of Our Most Admired and Beloved Railroads. By Thomas Townsend Taber. Privately printed: 1977. [Published by Thomas T. Taber III, Muncy, PA. Copyright 1977.])
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-04-12
