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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution wreck crash train rescue onlookers train wreck trainwreck railway post office railwaypostoffice national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum outdoor monochrome Date: August 20, 1919 Object number: A.2009-45 Medium: Postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: Wreckage of a passenger and freight train that collided head-on on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Beitner, Michigan on August 20, 1919. Among those killed in the wreck were Railway Post Office clerk Frank Cushman and five railroad employees. Three railroad employees and 34 passengers were injured in the wreck that occurred after the freight train crew proceeded on the line instead of transferring onto another line near Beitner. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: Michigan      United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207609 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: August 20, 1919 Object number: A.2009-45 Medium: Postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: Wreckage of a passenger and freight train that collided head-on on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Beitner, Michigan on August 20, 1919. Among those killed in the wreck were Railway Post Office clerk Frank Cushman and five railroad employees. Three railroad employees and 34 passengers were injured in the wreck that occurred after the freight train crew proceeded on the line instead of transferring onto another line near Beitner. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: Michigan United States of America See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207609 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
