Photograph
Western Train
| Switchman standing at the switch next to railroad tracks cut through a rock formation. Another man is standing on top of the rock formation on the left. In the distance, a man can be seen standing on a train with a plume of smoke on a railroad bridge. In the foreground two or three sets of tracks are joining together. On the foreground on the left is a small shed with a window, and another switch. The location is the Western United States. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey. |
| Image ID: | 126586 |
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| Creation Date: | 1903 |
| Creator Name: | Peterson, Carl A. |
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| Collection Name: | Carl A. Peterson photographs, circa 1900-circa 1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (P363)118 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.375 x 6.375 inches |
| Image used in A Life in Photographs and Letters, Carl & Christine Peterson, My Grandparents, by Faith Mauk, page 19. |
| Railroad bridges |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Formations (Geology) |
| Mountains |
| Land use, Rural |
| Industrial buildings |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Railroads |
| Railroad employees |
| Railroad trains |
| Railroad tracks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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