Assorted Train Images

Photograph

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.8.33.a-f

Description

A collection of five photographs of trains, inside of a Southern Pacific envelope. The envelope has numerous names and locations, both printed and written in pencil, crossed out. The first picture is slightly blurry, and features seven men posing in front of a train engine. The second image features a steam engine numbered 2 in a depot, and the third image features a steam engine numbered 3 in a train depot. The fourth image is a postcard, and features an overturned steam engine with five men standing on/near the engine. The fifth image is overexposed, and features a steam engine coming out of a wooden structure.

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

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

On the back of photos two and three

Transcription

437

Language

English

Material/Technique

Stamped

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Envelope

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

For 2016.8.33.f

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair