Railroad Survey Crew Poses with Survey Tools, c. 1902

Six members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose around their surveying tools for a professional portrait, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) 2018

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 2018, 2-8-0 (Alco/Brooks), Cedar Rapids, IA.
Date: March 3, 1936
Creator: Krambeck, F. J. Wesley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0109.0128]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Frank Brooks-Mount Vernon, Iowa."
Date: December 22, 1938
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chicago & North Western (CNW) 4008

A photograph print showing Chicago & Northwestern (CNW) 4008, 4-6-4 (class E-2a) streamlined steam locomotive on passenger train, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Date: May 29, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) 247

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 247, 0-6-0 (Alco), Cedar Rapids, IA.
Date: March 19, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0429]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sheba and Fatima - camels to you non-Arabs - are attending the local Shriner shindig. They belong to El Kahir Temple from Cedar Rapids, Iowa."
Date: September 10, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History