IMAGE

Train coach crushed by an avalanche Item Info

Title:
Train coach crushed by an avalanche
Creator:
Tabor's Photo Service, Wallace Idaho
Date Created (Archival Standard):
26 February 1936
Description:
Photo of a train coach that was crushed as a result of an avalanche that hit a train on the Northern Pacific Railroad. The coach car was forced off of the tracks, and is completely destroyed after it was split in two pieces. Other photos say that three people died.
Subjects:
snow (precipitation) avalanches natural disasters trains (vehicle groupings) coaches (railroad cars)
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_024
Box Number:
2
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

Contact us about this record

Source
Preferred Citation:
"Train coach crushed by an avalanche", George W. Tabor Photographs, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/tabor/items/tabor1124.html
Rights
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Standardized Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/