Black-and-white photograph: Train Wreck.

Train Wreck

Undated  ·  Pacific Northwest (precise location undetermined)

A train wreck — likely commissioned as news or insurance documentation, a common assignment for commercial studios in the rail era. Date and precise location undetermined from the source negative; subject identification from the Photo-Art Studio's auto-generated index.

Date
Undated
Location
Pacific Northwest (precise location undetermined)
Archive ID
R11416B-10
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Train WreckRailroad HistoryNews Photography

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Donated to the Oregon Historical Society in two parts — the bulk in 2002–2003 and the remainder in 2007 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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