Photograph of train wreck, Wendling, Oregon, 1920

1979.002.011

1979.002.011

Name/Title

Photograph of train wreck, Wendling, Oregon, 1920

Entry/Object ID

1979.002.011

Description

Photograph of Dave Bishop standing next to the wrecked boiler and firebox of the Booth-Kelly 4-Spot Heisler. There was a catastrophic boiler explosion of on April 23, 1920, which occurred while navigating the Camp 9 switchbacks on the way to the camp, three men died, two survived Transcribed inscription on reverse: "Train wreck - log train, Dave Bishop [pictured] went through a switch back."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Wendling

State/Province

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Abrams Photo Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1979.002

Source or Donor

Abrams, Cliff and Mary

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

Apr 23, 1920

Place

City

Wendling

State/Province

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

5 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bishop, Dave

Web Links and URLs

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Copyright

Type of License

Copyright Not Evaluated, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Copyright Details

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