Original albumen and silver photographs. Most approx. 11x16.5 cm (4½x6½"), glued to black leaves of an album. Most captioned in white ink below the images, a few with additional ink notations on the images. Album measures 14.8x21 cm (5¾x8¼"), flexible cloth. Marvelous gathering of original photographs of locomotives and trains, compiled by Lou Ledger, who worked 56 years for the Santa Fe Railroad before retiring as an engineer at age 75. He recorded all the locomotives he drove and saw, giving their weight, class, engine numbers, and more, Included as a bonus are two images of a wreck that took place at Kingman, Arizona. A newsclipping about Ledger at his retirement is laid in.
Original albumen and silver photographs. Most approx. 11x16.5 cm (4½x6½"), glued to black leaves of an album. Most captioned in white ink below the images, a few with additional ink notations on the images. Album measures 14.8x21 cm (5¾x8¼"), flexible cloth. Marvelous gathering of original photographs of locomotives and trains, compiled by Lou Ledger, who worked 56 years for the Santa Fe Railroad before retiring as an engineer at age 75. He recorded all the locomotives he drove and saw, giving their weight, class, engine numbers, and more, Included as a bonus are two images of a wreck that took place at Kingman, Arizona. A newsclipping about Ledger at his retirement is laid in.
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