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This photograph shows several men inspecting the wreckage of a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway engine and train. Written in ink on the photograph, "Negative No. 4. Rock Island Railroad about 400 ft west of Depot at Paxico Kansas about 1895. 3 men killed there."
Date: 1895
Item Number: 306974
Call Number: 2014-169
Holding Institution: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Wrecks
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s - 1895
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
Places - Cities and towns - Paxico
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Wrecks
Type of Material - Photographs
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