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Train Derailment
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Slightly elevated view from bank of workmen gathered at the site of a train derailment. The man in suit and hat at far left is identified as a police officer. Damaged undercarriages are behind him. In the background is a grain elevator; to the left of the elevator is a derrick brought in to lift the train cars. The cars are nearly upright despite having lost their undercarriages.
May 30, 1941
Schmidt, Ernst
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WHi 118722
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