Railroad Employees in Street Scene, ca. 1893
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2005-03-01T15:06:14Z
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Abstract
This photgraph shows two African-American Railroad employees posing on a street just outside of what appears to be a train station ca. 1893. There are five other individuals in the photo - one of them in a dark vest in background is looking directly at the camera. A white picket fence stands between the individuals and the buildings of the apparent station some yards away.
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Photograph print (albumen type). Size - 3.9 in. x 3.9 in. (9.906 cm x 9.906 cm). Most of image faded to yellowish with yellowish brown at left edge of photo.
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Railroad stations--United States, Railroad travel--United States, Afro-American train attendants