A. J. Russell, Wrecking Train and Gang clearing Wreck
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A. J. Russell

Wrecking Train and Gang clearing Wreck

March 28, 1863

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
15.4 × 20.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-819304

View of a group of men gathered behind a wrecking train as they work to clear a train wreck on the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. Three men stand atop the flatbed train car facing the group, as several more stand atop a small slope beside the train tracks.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • March 28, 1863 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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