Print, Photograph

Photograph

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Lewis County Historical Museum

A typical jitney used on railroad tracks, made in many designs; they were used to transport men to and from logging camps: Origformat: Print-Photographic
A typical jitney used on railroad tracks, made in many designs; they were used to transport men to and from logging camps

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photograph

Entry/Object ID

P1626

Description

A typical jitney used on railroad tracks, made in many designs; they were used to transport men to and from logging camps, to transport men to repair machinery; to transport men to repair railroads; to transport injured or ill men from their jobs to a pick up point for transfer to home or hospital. Used from early in twentieth century to about 1945/50, they are rarely seen or used now in 1995. No ID. Have negative.

Collection

Typical jitney used on RR tracks

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Negatives, Railroads

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 23, 2008

General Notes

Note

Status: Stable

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

October 23, 2008

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 11, 2024