File:Rescue train swept off the tracks by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane (3659585901).jpg

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Local call number: N041488

Title: [Rescue train swept off the tracks by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane]

Date: Photographed in Florida Keys on September 5, 1935.

Physical descrip: 1 photonegative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.

Series Title: (General Collection)

General Note: The hurricane washed this 11-car special train off the track soon after reaching the stricken area. The train was trying to rescue 683 World War I veterans in a rehabilitation camp, of which around 250 died as a result of the hurricane. The veterans, a remnant of the Bonus Army that marched on Washington, were employed for highway construction in the federal work relief project.

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/149572
Date Taken on 5 September 1935
Source Rescue train swept off the tracks by the 1935 Labor Day hurricane
Author Florida Memory
Camera location24° 41′ 13.03″ N, 81° 12′ 39.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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