Two men stand in the snow near a Rio Grande Southern train in San Miguel County, Colorado. Two porters stand at the rear of a railroad passenger car and an African-American (Black) porter stands at the front of the car. An engineer is in the locomotive. Signs painted on the train cars read: "Rio Grande Southern" and "Rico."
Date
[between 1882 and 1900?]
Notes
Accession number: 86.200.745; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: oxidized, scratched.; Formerly Jackson 2837.; Number: "02837" etched on negative.; Title etched on negative.; R7201007219
Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Afro-Americans--Men--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.
