Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album

Item

Title

Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album

Date Created

1904 – 1907

Description

Images are: 1. Woman standing beside a train and an unidentified man standing in a hole in the ground nearby. Train has the number 12015 on its side; this site possibly connected with the wreck which occurred May 16, 1907 involving a Southern freight train on the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis (N.C. & St. L) tracks 2. Train wreck which occurred May 16, 1907 involving a Southern freight train on Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis (N. C. & St. L) tracks at the bridge across Chattanooga Creek near the south end of Cravens yard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 3. Possibly the foot bridge across Chattanooga Creek used during the aftermath of the May 16, 1907 train wreck to transfer passengers on the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis (N. C. & St. L) line. Photographs from a disassembled album, original order maintained. Contains local scenes and individuals as well as family trips showing Arthur G. Stivers, his wife Sarah Frances Pickens Stivers, older son Winthrop, younger son Frank, older daughter Bertha, and younger daughter Ruth, among others. The album consists of 42 sheets measuring 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 13 3/4 in.). Many images are silvering out.

Extent

3 photographs (1 sheet), b&w

Collection

Paul A. Hiener Collection (Acc. 318)

Subject

Railroad accidents -- Tennessee.

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Citation

Paul A. Hiener Collection (Acc. 318). Chattanooga Public Library.

Identifier

00002847

Type

Still image

Item sets

Paul A. Hiener collection, 1860-1984