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Title: Photographing a derailed train
Creator: Unidentified
either Cecil Frankel or Bessie Bartlett Frankel
Publication Information: Bessie Bartlett Frankel or Cecil Frankel
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description: Men observing, photographing a train accident (using plate camera); one man stands on top of engine of the derailed train. A second train is on the tracks, steam visible. Part of a series of images from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce trip to Mexico City. Undated. Monochromatic snapshot, glossy print.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: bbf00502.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/116
Language: English
Subject: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Locomotives--United States
Steam Engines
Railroads
Railroad travel
Cabooses (Railroads)--California
Business travel
Railroad accidents
Photography--History
Place: Mexico
Source: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 27
Relation: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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