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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

New Market Railroad Construction Photograph, circa 1905

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This photograph depicts workers using a steam-driven shovel to repair railroad tracks in New Market, Tennessee. A number of civilians, including women in dresses and hats, are observing them. The damage to the tracks may have been incurred during the New Market Train Wreck (1904). A caption written across the top of the photograph reads Mr. Ed. King, New Market, Tennessee.

Dates: circa 1905