Train Wreck Scene, Overturned Steam Locomotive and Onlookers

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $19.95

Stock #:1170879
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
State: California (CA)
Postmark: 1910 Jul-11
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:master Floyd Case
1462-8 Street
Oakland, CA
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A dramatic scene of a train derailment with a steam locomotive and rail car overturned on their sides. A crowd of men in suits and women in long dresses and hats stands on the tracks observing the wreckage. The locomotive features the number 16 on its side. A handwritten message on the back is dated July 21, 1910, and mentions a box car of dried apricots from a packing house.

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