Crowd viewing elk loaded in a boxcar
- Title
- Crowd viewing elk loaded in a boxcar
- LC Subject
- Elk Railroad trains Railroad stations
- Repository
- Oregon Historical Society. Library
- Creator
- Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
- Description
- A crowd gathered at the Lostine railroad station to see the elk in a boxcar used to transport the elk from Saint Anthony, Idaho to Joseph, Oregon. The elk were part of a transplant program to bring a herd of elk from Yellowstone Park in Wyoming to the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon.
- Work Type
- cellulose nitrate film
- Location
- Lostine >> Wallowa County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1912-03
- Identifier
- OrgLot369_FinleyB0449
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- William L. Finley Photographs Collection, circa 1900-1940 (Org. Lot 369, OHS)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Extent
- 3.75 x 6 in.
- Set
- Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Primary Set
- Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Institution
- Oregon Historical Society
