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Railroad tracks after an avalanche hit a train Item Info

Title:
Railroad tracks after an avalanche hit a train
Date Created (Archival Standard):
26 February 1936
Description:
Photo of a set of railroad tracks that appear to have been dug clean of snow. There are walls of snow packed up on either side of the tracks, which curve behind a pile in the picture. The trees on the left side of the photo are knocked over from the avalanche, which other photos of the accident say that three people died after the train was hit on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Subjects:
snow (precipitation) avalanches natural disasters trees
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_023
Box Number:
2
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Railroad tracks after an avalanche hit a train", George W. Tabor Photographs, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/tabor/items/tabor1123.html
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