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William Crooks (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

William Crooks

 

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.

On train: 1st Div. St P&P RR (1st Division Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad). (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2009)

Photo shows the William Crooks, the first locomotive in Minnesota which was built in 1861. The sixth man from the left is railroad executive James Jerome Hill (1838-1916) who served as President of the Great Northern Railway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11629

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 2527-14

 

 

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Uploaded on August 8, 2008
Taken circa 1910