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- IDNO:
- 025769
- Title:
- African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1870
- Description:
- 'C&O Depot, Broad at 16th Streets...Richmond, Va... Picture about 1870. (This picture was part of the Cook Photographer collection. It is thought that the original negative was glass; that it cracked and that accounts for the dark streak across this print.)'
- IDNO:
- 038932
- Title:
- Construction Crew for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Hawks Nest Division, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1870
- Description:
- George Washington Saunders ,the job foreman, is in the back-left, with his hands in his pockets and the only white man in the photograph. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "from Roy Long, Hinton to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997".
- IDNO:
- 038934
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Construction Crew Near Hawks Nest, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1870
- Description:
- Foreman George Washington Saunders, the only white man in the photograph and is on horseback. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information inscribed on the back of the photograph includes: "Photo courtesy William N, Kaempf, grandson, Richmond , Va." Also, "from Roy Long to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997 Hinton Su Co WV".