Electric train depot

Title

Electric train depot

Description

Sepia-toned image of a train depot. Twin tracks run in front of the depot, and power lines for the train and for the building run in several directions throughout the image. A horse and buggy are hitched at the side entrance of the building, and milk cans are stacked around the base of one of the power poles. A boxcar sits on the concrete at the end of the depot. On the building a sign reads 'Hillsboro.'
[front] [white ink] Electric Depot, Hillsboro, Or. [back] [blue pen] blew down in the Oct 12 - 1962 big wind storm. N.E. corner of 3rd & Washington St., Hillsboro, Oregon

Date Created

circa 1900s

Subject

Windstorms
Railroad stations
Street-railroads
Milk--Transportation
Economic History
Scientific History
Local & State History

Place

Hillsboro, Oregon

Medium

photographic prints

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_001723

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source

Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum

Type

Still Image

Collection