McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x004
Item
- Title
- McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x004
- Description
- Caption: "Sept. 21, 1934, Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Exhibit. Chicago Fair." Shows a replica of the Tom Thumb, an early steam locomotive built by Peter Cooper in 1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This replica was displayed at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, a world's fair celebrating the city's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
- Contributor
- Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
- Coverage
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date
- 9/21/1934
- Format
- JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
- Identifier
- 96-07-08-alb11-x004
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
- Rights
- © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
- Source
- Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
- Subject
- Tom Thumb Steam Locomotive Replica at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago
- Type
- Still Image
- Media
96-07-08-alb11-x004.jpg