Train Makes Annual Stop at Lonely Grove-To keep a promise made long ago to the parents of a 12-year-old boy, who died as they were pushing westward with a railroad construction crew in 1888, crewmen of a branch passenger line make their annual stop on South Dakota prairie near Elrod to place wreaths on boy's grave.

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Title:
Train Makes Annual Stop at Lonely Grove-To keep a promise made long ago to the parents of a 12-year-old boy, who died as they were pushing westward with a railroad construction crew in 1888, crewmen of a branch passenger line make their annual stop on South Dakota prairie near Elrod to place wreaths on boy's grave.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Graves
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. May 1946]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Graves
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 232 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/mc87sq27w
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Graves
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001230_0002
Barcode:
39999088103237