G.A.R. Staged Head-On Collision at Warner Park

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.436.001 Recto: Black and white photographic postcard showing two trains colliding as a part of a staged crash during the G.A.R. Reunion in 1913
2020.436.001 Recto

Black and white photographic postcard showing two trains colliding as a part of a staged crash during the G.A.R. Reunion in 1913

Name/Title

G.A.R. Staged Head-On Collision at Warner Park

Entry/Object ID

2020.436.001

Description

A gelatin-silver printed postcard with the front showing a photograph of a staged head-on train collision at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee during the G.A.R reunion in 1913. The postcard shows a field of spectators watching the crash with a cloud of water and steam; the engines were filled with water to create a larger explosion.

Subject Person/Organization

Grand Army of the Republic

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Warner Park

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Postcard Details

Date Published

circa 1913

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States