Nostalgia & History > Railroad Pueblo 1890

Picture 2 is CHS.J3308 enlarged 50%.

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Picture 3 is CHS.J3308 enlarged 100%.

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Picture 4, SN 12, “Call Number: CHS.J3307. Title: Pueblo, Colorado. Creator(s): Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Summary: View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows freight trains and locomotives. Lettering on freight cars reads: ‘Denver & Rio Grande,’ ‘Furniture and Vehicle Car,’ and ‘Palace Stock (Car).’ Horses and wagons are near a road on an overlook. Date: (between 1900 and 1910?). Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the Colorado Historical Society William Henry Jackson Collection. Title inked on negative. Physical Description: 1 negative : glass; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.). Is Part Of Colorado Historical Society, William Henry Jackson Collection.”

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Picture 5 is CHS.J3307 enlarged 50%.

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Picture 6 is CHS.J4407 enlarged 50%.

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Picture 7, SN 16, “Call Number: X-10600. Title: Pueblo, Colo. - The Old Town. Creator(s): Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Summary: View of "Old Town" area (also called Goat Hill, Smelter Hill, or Old Mexico), Pueblo, Colorado, includes one-story wooden frame houses tightly clustered below Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad embankment; shows business and commercial area of downtown through trees; skyline includes Board of Trade building, First City Hall, and Union Depot (Station) Tower. ‘Old Town’ scene includes a woman near adobe beehive oven, picket fences and outhouses, and box and freight cars on railroad track. Date: (1900). See also X-10601 to form panorama. Stamped on back of photoprint: Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress.; Title & number ‘010422’ hand-lettered on original negative; photographer hand-written on back of photoprint with additional hand- written information: ‘1900 circa (one of 2 sections) Goat Hill.’ Physical Description: 1 copy photonegative; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.).”

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Picture 8 is X-10600 100% enlarged. What is the little door used for?

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Picture 9 is X-10600 50% enlarged.

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flynn Wrote:
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> Picture 8 is X-10600 100% enlarged. What is the
> little door used for?


The door in the end of boxcar CB&Q 11935 is called a lumber door. They were very common on boxcars, and were used to load lumber, pipe, etc. that was longer than what could be loaded thru a side door. Usually located in the end of the car opposite the brake wheel.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/11 08:25 by LarryDoyle.