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1929__COLORADO__STRATTON__DISASTER __ROCK__ISLAND__RR__FLOOD__WRECK AERIAL_PHOTO

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Description

Where Washout
Brought Death to Nine
/ When Swollen Waters of a Creek
Near Stratton, Colo...
Rock Island Colorado Express
Plunged Through
Illustrated Current News Co;
New Haven, Ct;
July 24, 1929
Fine Condition
A 9 x 14" black & white halftone photo
on a sheet 16 x 19", the rear is blank.
This will be shipped rolled.
Aerial shot of a washed out bridge,
wrecked train and rescuers.
With accompanying caption
describing the wreck of the
Rock Island Express near
Stratton, Colorado.
The Illustrated Current News
was a thrice-weekly publication,
sent to local businesses.
Each featured some recent
notable event of the
"human-interest" variety.
The local subscribing business
would have their own advertising copy
inserted in the bottom box
by their local printer.
The result would be displayed
in their front window for a few days
to attract passers-by, after which
most were destroyed.
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