Group photograph: 'Meeting of A.C.L. Freight Traffic Represen[tatives], Savannah Ga. Sept[ember]'
Book 2, Page 123 ·1920–1930
Transcription
A large sepia photograph of a group of men in light-colored summer suits and straw boater hats posed in front of railroad equipment.
Caption in white ink at the lower right of the print:
MEETING OF A.C.L. FREIGHT TRAFFIC REPRESEN[TATIVES] SAVANNAH GA. SEPT[EMBER, year illegible]
AI Notes
Album page with a single large sepia photographic print mounted across the upper portion. The print shows a group of seven or eight men in summer suits and straw boater hats posed on the steps of a building, with railroad equipment or freight cars visible behind them. The caption is inscribed in white ink at the lower right of the print. The right edge of the print is physically torn (a triangular section missing), so the year is gone and the last word of each line is cut: ‘MEETING OF A.C.L. / FREIGHT TRAFFIC REPRESEN[TATIVES] / SAVANNAH GA. SEPT[…]’. James Pickens Walker, then general superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line at Savannah, is presumed to be among the men. A small blue ink arrow at the upper edge of the print marks one figure — possibly identifying Puck.
The print is trimmed at the right edge and the year of the caption is cut off. James Pickens Walker, then general superintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line at Savannah, is presumed to be among the group.