View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--19th century; Scofield (Utah)--19th century; Girls--Utah--Scofield--19th century; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--19th century; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--19th century; Railroads--Utah--Scofield--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711000202
Notes
Formerly F24932; Formerly X-11000202; Hand-written on negative sleeve: "Copy neg. by Jackson Thode, Denver."; Title typed on back of photoprint.; Typed on back of photoprint: "2-8-0 type on line of Rio Grande Western RR in Utah about 1889."; Typed on negative sleeve: "D7RGW Railway 74, NG2-8-0 and baggage car #82 on the Pleasant Valley Branch near Scofield, Utah, in early 1889. George Ed. Anderson photo in Arthur Peterson collection with Denver Public Library Western History Dept. Copied Nov. 4, 1973. Originally D&RG 74, Class 56, BLW #5164 (9/1880) named "Herman." Transferred to D&RGW Ry. #74 (7/12/1886), renumbered Rio Grande Western #74 (7/1889). Purchased by Rio Grande Southern (#30) 1891 repurchased by RGW 1899. Renumbered 04 (1900), sold Sumpter Valley Ry. (#7) 1900; renumbered SV10. Retired 1936. dismatled [sic.] by SV. Ektapan film - 8 1/2" Georz Dagor lens."; R7110002021
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