Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad engine number 52 (Fifty-Two) steams around canyon bend on narrow gauge tracks with one passenger car in view; this line was first to reach Cripple Creek, Colorado, arriving in mid-1894 from a connection with Rio Grande at Florence.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 11 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
WH2300. Louis Charles McClure papers, 1898-1943
Subject
Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935, album VI, 77
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700070462
Notes
Copy negative made from photoprint.; Title and signature hand-lettered on glass plate.; Vintage photographic print.; R7000704620
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