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Northern Pacific Railway shop employees, Auburn, ca, 1921
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| Title | Northern Pacific Railway shop employees, Auburn, ca, 1921 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1921 |
| Caption | Group of employees in front of brick roundhouse building.
Locomotive springs (looking like barrel staves) are laying on the ground in front of the employees.
"Hump" Francis Gagnon is the first person, far left in front row. |
| Notes | In 1970 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Pacific Coast Railroad Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company merged under the name Burlington Northern, Inc. [Note from the Library of Congress Name Authority File.]
Handwritten on verso: Mar Herbert - Auburn. Joe A. Herbert under window.
Northern Pacific Railway Company also known as Northern Pacific Railroad Co. [Note from the Library of Congress Name Authority File.]
Acronyms for Northern Pacific Railway: NP, NPRR, N.P.R.R., NPRY, N.P.R.Y., NPR, N.P.R. [Cataloger's note.]
Source of caption information: White River Valley Museum staff. |
| Subjects | Railroad employees--Washington (State)--Auburn
Northern Pacific Railway Company--People--Washington (State)--Auburn
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| Classification | Auburn, WA/Transportation/Railroads/ |
| Personal Names | Gagnon, Francis |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Auburn |
| Digital Collection | White River Valley Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 58 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: hpittenger@auburnwa.gov. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | White River Valley Museum (Auburn) |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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