Several Southern Pacific Railroad employees pose in front of a train car, Salton Sea vicinity, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Several Southern Pacific Railroad employees pose in front of a train car, Salton Sea vicinity, about 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1899]

Date

1899

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An informal group photograph, from left to right, of: Patrick Sheedy, Frank E. Prior, Charles Donnatin, Henry Kearney, John A. Muir, E. J. Mulvihill and E. L. Swaine, all Southern Pacific Railroad employees, standing and posing in front of a train car in Durmid while on an inspection trip. The men stand in a row on train tracks. E. L. Swaine (far right) is the only one not looking to camera. He turns and looks at the train car behind him. The train car is viewed at an angle with a short end at center and the long side stretching into the distance at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 595. Durmid, Calif. About 1899. Southern Pacific Inspection trip in private car MIRAFLORES. Left to right: Patrick Sheedy, Supt of Motive Power. Frank E. Prior, Asst Superintendent. Charles Donnatin, Master Car Repairer. Henry Kearney, Conductor of special. John A. Muir, Superintendent. E. J. Mulvihill, Roadmaster, Colton, Calif. E. L. Swaine, Resident Engineer. 2 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Swaine, E. L. (Edgar Lacy), 1857 or 58-1935
Kearney, Henry, b. 1861 or 62
Donnatin, Charles E., 1849 or 50-1933
Prior, Frank E., 1859-1912
Mulvihill, E. J. (Edmund Joseph), 1859-1928
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Sheedy, Patrick, 1848-1936
Muir, John A., 1850-1904

Location

California--Salton Sea

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad employees
Railroad cars--American--California--Salton Sea