National Photography Month~ Day 15

Railroad Crew on Handcar by Evelyn Cameron

1910 / Scanned image from glass negative / 7″x5″ / Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT

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Using a new Graflex camera with a nine-inch Goerz lens, which she bought in 1905 for the princely sum of $225.50, Evelyn worked on commission for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, making the harsh land of eastern Montana look seductive to homesteaders.
~Encyclopedia of the Great Plains

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