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["Melchor Ocampo" in Fraile]

Description: A combine second and first class coach, No. 7 named "Melchor Ocampo" is the rear-end car on the Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's passenger train which has made a station stop at the small town of Fraile on February 23, 1960. Along these narrow gauge rails in the early 1920s bandits frequently staged holdups of trains carrying payrolls in gold and silver to the mines at Concepcion del Oro.
Date: February 23, 1960
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Train at Concepcion del Oro]

Description: Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's Engine No. 7 has taken a long drink an a summer afternoon at the water tank located in the yards at Concepcion del Oro, preparing to head an ore consist. This was a mining town for many years where ore trains departed on frequent schedules for the Mazapil Smelter at saltillo, Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

CCC Service Camp Employees

Description: Photograph description by Calistro Nunez Sr. in an interview on January 18, 1975 by Calistro Nunez, Jr., "This picture, taken in January 23, 1934, shows five federal employees standing in front of their barrack, These men worked in the CCC camps." The photo shows men standing on the steps outside the doorway.
Date: January 23, 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Language Class Example]

Description: Photograph of a woman's hands resting on a desk with a sample of Spanish writing along with a Wireless Lab reel-to-reel tape player designed, for use in school language classes. Two wires can be seen plugged into the the tape player and the woman has a wedding band and engagement ring on her left hand.
Date: October 23, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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