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

Title: Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album
Date Created: 1904 – 1907
Description: Images are: 1. Three unidentified women and a man at the site of the May 16, 1907 train wreck involving a Southern freight train on the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis (N. C. & St. L) tracks. The wreck occurred at the bridge across Chattanooga Creek near the south end of Cravens yard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2. James Building at 8th and Broad Streets, Chattanooga, Tennessee under construction 1906-1907. Northern Hotel also pictured 3. Three women and a man at the site of the May 16, 1907 train wreck in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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 -- Chattanooga.; Street photography -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Building sites -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.; Hotels -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga.
Rights: Copyright Undetermined
Citation: Paul A. Hiener Collection (Acc. 318). Chattanooga Public Library.
Identifier: 00002848
Type: Still image

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