Steam Engine in Crane

Name/Title

Steam Engine in Crane

Entry/Object ID

2016.8.73

Description

A black and white photograph featuring a steam engine being suspended in the air by a crane. The crane is holding the steam engine above the ground and the train tracks. There are buildings in the background, and many people standing around the steam engine looking up at it; Billy Jones is mostly likely in the foreground. The image is surrounded by a white border.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

William Jones

Collection

Billy Jones Family Collection, History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Acquisition

Accession

2016.8

Source or Donor

Geraldine Alice Peters

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

The Family of William "Billy" and Geraldine Jones

Made/Created

Date made

Apr 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Right border of photo

Transcription

APR * 60

Language

English

Material/Technique

Printed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

3-5/8 in

Length

3-5/8 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good