Name/Title
Locomotive on Railway Following Labor Day HurricaneEntry/Object ID
2021.15.0238Description
Black and white photograph of a Florida East Coast Railway locomotive on the tracks following the Labor Day Hurricane. Caption on verso, 'Upper Matecumbe Key after the hurricane that struck on Labor Day, 1935. This view is looking southwest. In the center is the locomotive of the train sent to rescue the veterans. On the right is one of the passenger cars that was wrenched from the locomotive and flung aside by the storm surge.'Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Florida East Coast RailwaySubject Place
City
Matecumbe KeyState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
Florida East Coast Railway Collection (Overseas Railway Extension)Made/Created
Date made
circa September 1935Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsCondition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Very Good