Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Train Wreck In 1917 Near Basin, Montana |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
Black and white photograph of passenger train wreck on Great Northern Railroad west of Fuller (between Boulder and Basin); engineer, fireman, and dining car cook killed; excessive speed was cause of the accident; September 14, 1917. |
Caption |
Passenger train wreck near Basin in 1917. |
Provenance |
Ellen Rae Thiel |
Notes |
Black and white photograph of passenger train wreck on Great Northern Railroad west of Fuller (between Boulder and Basin); engineer, fireman, and dining car cook killed; excessive speed was cause of the accident; September 14, 1917. |
Date |
Circa 1917s |
Notes on Related Objects |
These are different views of the 1917 train wreck near Basin, Montana. |
Collection |
Railroad, Basin |
Catalog Number |
2021.3.15 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Search Terms |
Basin, Montana Fuller, Montana Great Northern Railroad 1917 Accident Passenger train Railroad Train Wreck |
People |
Ellen Rae Thiel |
Subjects |
Great Northern Train Wreck |
Year Range from |
1917 |
Year Range to |
1920 |