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Postcard of a locomotive engine, Las Vegas, circa 1930s

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Creator

Creator: Oakes Photo

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of two unidentified men, a woman, and a child standing in front of a locomotive engine named "Old Fort Collville." Transcribed from the back of the postcard: "Dave Coons, Railroad buff, identified this engine as yellow pine mining company. Shay number one Locomotive. Locomotives were made in Lima, Ohio. It has a home-made fuel bunker, having been transformed to an oil burner. Identified by E. Patrick on May 17, 1982."

Digital ID

pho013882

Physical Identifier

0001_0077
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    Citation

    pho013882. Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection. PH-00001. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1vd6p68v.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

    Extent

    1990 x2561 pixels
    3.317 x 4.268 inches
    15,290,050 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff