Photograph, Born Digital

Photograph

West Chicago City Museum

Name/Title

Photograph, Born Digital

Entry/Object ID

2005.033.0031

Description

Photograph, Born Digital, 2005 1860s CB&Q Depot Move. Color, Landscape format, .jpg file type. Image modified January 1, 2002. Shows the 1860s West Chicago / Turner Junction Depot on a flatbed trailer. It is being maneuvered onto a cement slab in the parking lot behind the West Chicago City Museum, off Turner Court by a man with a red shirt and short grey hair. The flatbed it still attached to the truck (not visible) with a metal cable. Part of the brick chimney is sitting on the slab. The Depot is in the process of being moved from its old location on Main Street to the new location on Turner Court.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Subject Person or Organization

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Muehlfelt and Sons

Subject Place

Road

Turner Court

City

West Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Date made

2005

Time Period

21st Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Print, Digital

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

Other Names

Name Type

Original File Name

Other Name

P1010100

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

The "Modified" date stamp is incorrect to use for the date of the photos. The photos have green vegetation outside - they aren't taken in the winter. Depot originally was located in the 500 Block of Main street; moved in 2005.