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Railroad Car

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Title	Railroad Car
Image ID Number	H04676
Date	1919; 1933; 1950
Decade	1910s 1930s 1950s
Creator	Joh W. Maxwell
Description	Black and white photograph of a railroad car. On the side of the car it reads "D & RG W (Denver and Rio Grand Western) Kitchen and Diner" in the center and "B & B (Bridge and Building) 0252" on either end. On the back of the photograph in black ink is a description of the history of the car - "D & RG W 0252 work train car for Bridge and Building Dept. in Durango, Colo. Mar. 1950 3' Gauge Old Narrow Gauge Pullman - note paired windows - used as coach on DB & W (Denver, Boulder, and Western) until about 1919 - sold to Morse Bros. who sold it to Western Union - W.U. used it as line car until 1933 when they sold it to R.G. Truck have "Pullman Company" on them". Alos there is a black stamp on the back of the photograph that reads "John W. Maxwell 1670 Clermon St. Denver 7, COLO.
Content Type	object
Historical Context	Railroad Era 1877-1919 Post World War I 1919-1941 World War II & Post War 1942 - 1955
Subject	Railroads
Image Source	Historical Collection
Format	image/jpeg
Image Collection	Historical Collection
File Location	Colorado Railroads Subjects (Folder 2)
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	Epson Expression 10000XL; Adobe Photoshop 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.