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Dismantling a Stock Car
Dismantling a Stock Car
Dismantling a Stock Car

Dismantling a Stock Car

Dateca. 1940
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (19.1 × 24.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.083
DescriptionEmployees at the Santa Fe Railyards in Albuquerque, New Mexico, work on the base of a stock car to dismantle it. The stock car is number 55701 and workmen are cutting bolts with torches and roll the wooden components away for burning. Piles of equipment and spare parts are around the site. Other stock cars are on the siding to the left. The railyards buildings are in the background.
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