Photograph - CN train no. 6785

Name/Title

Photograph - CN train no. 6785

Entry/Object ID

2012.79.324

Description

Color photograph of CN train no. 6785 in the winter. Photograph is housed in a brown cardboard frame designed to look like wood.

Context

These objects are part of the estate of the late Jim McRae. They were donated to the museum by Dale Wilson, to whom they was given by Jim's wife. Jim McRae was a Sudbury area train enthusiast who had donated objects to the museum in the past. He passed away in the summer of 2010 at the age of 85. He came from Manitoulin Island but he worked in Sudbury as a projectionist at the Odeon theater for many years. His father was Gore Bay's only pharmacist.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Artist

Jim McRae (?)

Date made

Feb 1973

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Notes

Materials: Photographic paper (colour photograph), cardboard, masking tape, adhesive label, red ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Verso of print, typed in black ink on white adhesive label: Super Continental. Sudbury Junction. February 1973 Verso of frame, in red ink: JIM McRAE Verso of frame, masking tape, in red ink: NMRA - 26549 NFR - 2208 Verso of frame, white adhesive label on masking tape, in blue ink: 33

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

4582

Dimensions

Height

16-3/16 in

Width

21.4 cm

Location

Location

Location

Photo Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

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Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

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Update Date

April 21, 2022