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Telegraph operator at Burlington Station-Vernon, Texas
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| Title | Telegraph operator at Burlington Station-Vernon, Texas |
| Creator | Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
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| Date Created | 1948-06 |
| Extent (Original) | 1 negative : b&w
35 mm.
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| Medium (Original) | Negatives |
| Description | Man seated at a desk operating a telegraph machine. On the desk in front of him is a board that says "north bound" and "south bound" and has empty hooks under each phrase. There is a window in front of him and one beside him, overlooking the tracks. |
| Note 1 | Photograph titles supplied from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Granger project scrapbook captions. |
| Note 2 | Selected photographs published in Granger country : a pictorial social history of the Burlington Railroad / edited by Lloyd Lewis and Stanley Pargellis. Boston : Little, Brown, 1949. |
| Type | StillImage |
| Subject 1 | Chicago, Burliington & Quincy Railroad Company -- Employees
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| Subject 2 | Telegraphers -- Texas -- Vernon
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| Subject 3 | Railroad stations -- Texas -- Vernon
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| Coverage (Spatial) 1 | Vernon (Tex.)
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| Coverage (Spatial) 2 | 34.1545306, -99.2650804 |
| Coverage (Temporal) | 1948 |
| Contributors 1 | Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949
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| Contributors 2 | Pargellis, Stanley McCrory, 1898-
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| Contributors 3 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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| Photo Number | Granger 2826 |
| Collection | Daily Life Along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (Newberry Library) |
| Is Part Of | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Archives |
| Extent (Digital) | 824 KB |
| Medium (Digital) | jpeg |
| Date Issued (Digital) | 2010-03-05 |
| Publisher | Newberry Library |
| Rights | All rights reserved by the Newberry Library. Permission to reproduce in any format must be requested in writing. Contact Photoduplication Department, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. Phone: 312-255-3566 E-mail: photoduplication@newberry.org |
| Filename | CBQGR2826M.jpg |
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