Call NumberZ-4055CreatorPeters, G. W.Date1900-1910SummaryMen carry food supplies in baskets to passengers on a train snowbound in a canyon in the Rocky Mountains. A man with a shovel and men in hats, coats and gloves stand in the deep snow. Shows a railroad signal beside the tracks, passengers, and smoke above locomotive "109."Physical Description1 photomechanical print ; 40 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBlizzardsRailroad employeesRailroadsRescue workCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004055; Leslie's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesPhotomechanical printsTear sheetsNotesAttribution inked on original and reproduced in photomechanical print. Formerly F13383; Newspaper nameplate printed on photomechanical print. Tear sheet consists of the title page, removed from Leslie's weekly, no. 2683. Title, attribution and "Hardy rescuers bearing food supplies up rugged and slippery slopes to the starving passengers of a train stalled for days by a tremendous snow-storm." printed title page. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.). R7110040558
Peters, G. W., A midwinter blockade in the Rocky Mountains (1900-1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1130571
