Title: Railway Tracks Upside Down After the Skeena River Flood of 1936

This record describes an item in the Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd. fonds.

Creator: Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Date: 1936

Physical Description: ["1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm (referred to as copy 2)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of overturned CN railway tracks and downed hydro poles after the Skeena River Flood. Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 2 reads: "Big Flood - 1936 - Track Up Side Down. Skeena River." Stamped annotation on verso of copy 2 reads: "Photo by Jack Wrathall Prince Rupert, B. C."

Responsibility: John (Jack) Richmond Wrathall

Note: Title based on contents of image.

Name Access:
Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond

Subject Access:
Floods
Railways
Disasters
Rivers

Geographic Access:
Skeena River, B.C.

Accession Number: WP997-110-14206

Negative Number: JRW318X

Record ID: 2526


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