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| Title | Exterior view of a Rock Island Lines caboose |
| Studio Name/Location | Bawden Brothers |
| Date Original | February 25, 1921 |
| Description | Photograph of exterior of Rock Island Lines caboose. Side view of car sitting on railroad track. "Rock Island" on car near roof. "17900" in center bottom, "Journal Boxes Baked [?] S.S.C. CO. HAM'D 2-28-'21 Weight 39000 LBS." on side above back wheels, "United States Safety Appliances Standard" above front wheels. Original negative appears to have been damaged. Image loss apparent at corners. |
| Subject | Railroad cabooses
Railroad cars
Railroads
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Photographic prints
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| Ordering Information | Contact Chief Curator at (563) 324-1054 ext. 223 or email schlichting@putnam.org. |
| Image Number | 1962.75.97 |
| Repository | Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, 1717 West 12th Street, Davenport, Iowa 52804 |
| Repository Collection | Bawden Brothers Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 7, midtones from 1.00 to 0.88, adjusted brightness -4 and contrast +9 using Adobe PhotoShop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-01-22 |
| File Name | putBBCb4f4_97 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
