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[Train Engine and Car - Silvis, Illinois]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. Text is visible on the side of the car. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Handwritten text below the image says, "Silvis, Ill. May 25th 1924 (ex T&P #552)."
Date: May 25, 1924
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #220 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car, viewed from the side. Smoke rises from a small chimney atop the engine. Grassy land fills the front. Handwritten text below the image says, "Reynolds, Ill Mar 17th 1938 - Rock Island Southern #220 (ex T&P #231)."
Date: March 17, 1938
Creator: Winters, Charles E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Postcard from B. H. Wilson to George Pendexter, June 18, 1912]

Description: Postcard from B. H. Wilson to George Pendexter regarding more cards he has to send once he prints them; Wilson notes that the truck in the photo is a "ladder truck in the Decoration Day Parade, 1908." The truck is loaded with ladders and has at least four firemen on it, one is seated at the rear, one is standing on the side, and two are seated in the driver's seat while holdings the reins to the horses. The truck also has two small American flags planted on either side of it.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Wilson, B. H.
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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