Name/Title
Interurban Work Crews Photos (2), 1912Entry/Object ID
P2019.43.28Description
Interurban Work Crews Photos (2), 1912. Two photos of cars/crews on track, photocopies
A = Interurban Work Crew on Trestle near Commercial Street, Dearborn, MO, 1912. Photocopy of Train Car & Engine on trestle. Ten men and 2 young boys posed on the track or sitting on car at back. a black man sits on top of car. Written in white on car top edge: "Wyndotte Construction Co., 8-1-12". Although the legend identifies this as a work crew, most of the men are in shirts/ties/hats. Legend is from Dearborn resident, Walt Smith and identified as Photo 15 from 2019.43.26 file. sepia
Legend: "An old photo reproduced by Walt Smith of Dearborn, MO. Showing a work crew on the Interurban Line. They are on the south end on top of the hill. The view looks north towards the other end where the station (not in view or maybe not built yet). This trestle is located above today's Commercial Street coming down from the hill at the south to the end of Commercial street at the north end where it met the station. The date of the photo can be clearly seen, August 12, 1912.
B = Work Crew of about a dozen men crowded onto a flat car in front of a coal-fire engine. Two men posed in door & window of cab. Track on level ground. Otherwise unidentified.Made/Created
Date made
1912Place
City
DearbornState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Interurban Railway, Interurban Railroad, Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway, Interurban Trestle, Dearborn, Missouri, Interurban Work CrewsDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 8½" x 11"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ed GentryProvenance
Notes
Part of the archives of Ed Gentry, and Interurban Historian.
