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Re: (erielack) From our glass plate negative collection



Lynne, What do you mean by local?. Where did the photographer live? And 
when were the photgraphs taken, range of years?

bob gillis

Lynne wrote:

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>  We have a glass plate negative collection of photographs, taken ca. 1906, 
>by a local resident and among them is the image sent with this e-mail. As I 
>noted earlier, I submit historic photos to our local paper and I submitted 
>this image a year or two ago, with a description supplied by a kind railroad 
>enthusiast. He described the piece of equipment for me, but I am left 
>wondering whether it might have been used on our local rail lines. I am 
>assuming so, because all of the other images are local, except for those of 
>his vacation to the Delaware Water Gap. Is it possible to know from this 
>image if it was from the DL&W, or whatever it would have been around the 
>turn of the last century? I could not find any identification on the engine, 
>other than what seems to be '109' on the front.
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>Thank you.
>Lynne 
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