Name/Title
Overseas Railway Workmen's HouseboatEntry/Object ID
2020.01.0040Description
Black and white photograph of workmen on the back of a houseboat used during the construction of the Overseas Railway. Workers were quartered in wooden houseboat barracks such as this until the hurricane of 1906 which swept a number of them away, killing 160. Afterward, the laborers were housed in wooden buildings ashore.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Florida East Coast RailwayCollection
Photograph CollectionMade/Created
Date made
circa 1905Time 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