C&NW Train

Name/Title

C&NW Train

Entry/Object ID

1.98.501

Description

Chicago & North Western Railroad Train. 4 1/4" x 2 5/8" black and white photograph of a railroad steam engine idling near the tracks with many more on either side; engine, coal car and a Chicago & Northwestern boxcar are visible; bluffs in background (probably Winona); one man is standing on the ground in front of the coal car; another man is leaning out of the engine's window; identified as Al Knight in the window and train conductor, John J. Mitchell on the ground.

Context

Waseca County Railroads - Chicago & Northwestern (C & NW). Found with railroad passes, membership cards & photographs in an envelope with the following handwritten on it 'Chicago Northwestern Railroad pass. Donated by Lowell Mitchell, son of John Mitchell. Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago and Northwestern; Chicago & NorthWestern; Chicago and NorthWestern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago and North Western; Chicago NorthWestern; Chicago North Western; C & NW; C&NW; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

August 21, 1998

Update Date

August 27, 2026