[I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home] Metadata
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Title
- Main Title [I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home]
Date
- Creation: 1880~
- Digitized: 2007-05-08
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: The International and Great Northern Railroad Immigrants Home, which was located on North Sycamore, just north of the I&GN Tracks. Built to give people moving to this part of Texas a place to live until their house was built. A play on the part of the railroad to encourage settlers to immigrate to Texas right after the railroad was built in the late 1880's and early 1890's.
- Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Subject
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Immigration
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Buildings
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Horse-Drawn Vehicles
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Anderson County - Palestine
- Time Period: new-sou
Collection
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Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2007Code: SG07
Institution
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Name: Palestine Public LibraryCode: PPL
Rights
- Rights Access: public
Resource Type
- Photograph
Format
- Image
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: 33619002180196
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth26434
Note
- Digital Preservation: creationHardware: Epson Perfection V700 Photo