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Gift of the Estate of Clifford T. Alderman, 2021.8.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known …
Naugatuck Railroad Train Accident
Gift of the Estate of Clifford T. Alderman, 2021.8.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Naugatuck Railroad Train Accident

Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width x height): 5 3/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/16in. (13.2 × 21.5 × 0.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionBlack and white photograph mounted on board. View of men responding to a Naugatuck Railroad train accident during the Blizzard of 1888 in Fairfield.
Object number2021.8.3
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "BLIZZARD OF 1888. NAUGATUCK R.R. (?)/ LOCATION: FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT*/ (SEE BOOK "BLIZZARD! THE/ GREAT STORM OF '88" BY/ JUDD CAPLOVICH)... P.83/ *POSSIBLY SAME LOCOMOTIVE IN/ OTHER PICTURE: NAUGATUCK, CONN./ ON NAUGATUCK R.R."
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