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Avalanche that hit a train on the Northern Pacific Railroad Item Info

Title:
Avalanche that hit a train on the Northern Pacific Railroad
Date Created (Archival Standard):
26 February 1936
Description:
Two people can be seen walking through the heavy snow after an avalanche hit a train on the Northern Pacific Railroad. Most of the photo is overexposed, but the people appear to be dragging something behind them. Photos say that three people died.
Subjects:
anonymous people snow (precipitation) avalanches trains (vehicle groupings) natural disasters
Location:
Wallace, Idaho
Latitude:
47.62743724
Longitude:
-115.8573828
Source:
PG 83, George W. Tabor Photographs, 1890-1963
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv538451
Source Identifier:
pg83-b02-f18-002_018
Box Number:
2
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Avalanche that hit a train on the Northern Pacific Railroad", George W. Tabor Photographs, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/tabor/items/tabor1118.html
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