Railroad Survey Crew Poses for a Photograph, c. 1902 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Railroad Survey Crew Poses for a Photograph, c. 1902

Date

  • Creation: 1902~
  • Digitized: 2005-05-31

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew pose with their surveying tools, c. 1902. The crew worked worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained behind and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Coverage Date: 1902~

Collection

  • Name: Charles and Catherine Schulze Collection
    Code: CCS

Institution

  • Name: Irving Archives
    Code: IPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 31-52
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth3334
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