Train engineer posing next to the narrow gauge train at Ryan, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Train engineer posing next to the narrow gauge train at Ryan, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

March, 1947

Date

1947-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a train engineer posing next to the Death Valley Railroad's narrow-gauge train at its terminus in Ryan, California. The engineer is viewed close-up and stands at center. He looks to the camera as he smokes a pipe. Beside him, at right, the train sits on the tracks. It sits in partial view and stretches back on an angle from right to left. Benches sit atop the railroad cars. A male passenger sits in a bench next to the engineer and looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of the engineer, passengers board the train. A rocky hillside rises in the background at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2266. Death Valley Trip March 1947. At Ryan. Man standing beside narrow gage [sic] road is Manager of the Pacific Coast Boarax [sic] Co. at Ryan. Been there for years. Was engineer of the train also.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Death Valley Railroad

Location

Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad employees
Narrow gauge railroads--California--Death Valley National Park