Re: [CBQ] Ditchers

[Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net>]

HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Norm:
>  
> Please post this.
>  
> My concern about the wonderful 1936 ditcher photo is that the Farm 
> Service Administration photographer who took it, Arthur Rothstein, is 
> that he claimed it was taken in Cherokee, Kansas.  That's the county 
> in the extreme southeast corner of Kansas, and the Q never ran 
> anywhere near there.  More likely, it's in Cherokee County --in the 
> extreme northwest corner of the state, and is on the St. Francis 
> branch.  Hey, they're both Che... Indian tribe names -- an easy 
> mistake to make.  It would be interesting to see where Rothstein's 
> other photos at that time were taken, but I haven't yet checked the 
> American Memories website to try to find out.
>  
> Hol Wagner
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>       <mailto:holpennywagner@msn.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:18 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [CBQ] Ditchers
>
>     Rupert & Maureen wrote:
>     > A repost from the Steam Freight Car List of three and half CB&Q
>     ditchers (260, 261 and 263) on MoW flat cars (not sure of the
>     numbers), taken in 1937. 
>     >
>     > http://www.shorpy.com/node/6110?size=_original
>     >
>     > Rupert Gamlen
>     > Auckland NZ
>     >  
>



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