Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs
 

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Identifier

200913598

Approximate Date

January 1983

Description

This black and white photograph features the platform at the Newton Santa Fe Depot in 1983. "Santa Fe Remains [human body] Truck. Bed is partially raised by use of the crank on the front end. It could be elevated to the height of a railroad baggage car door to load or unload remains. The remains were always loaded head first and unloaded feet first, without tipping same. -Mike Hurley." Background: business buildings in 100 block of East Fifth Street Full resolution copies of this file are not available.

Physical Description

5" x 7" photograph

Subject

Harvey County (Kan.), Carts & wagons, Dead persons, Coffins, Railroad stations

Rights

© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.

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Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 25 L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection

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Language

eng

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Keywords

Harvey County (Kan.), Carts & wagons, Dead persons, Coffins, Railroad stations

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