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Title
Date(s)
- December 8,1957 (Creation)
Extent
1 photograph
Name of creator
Biographical history
Warren W. Wing, a World War II veteran and longtime resident of Seattle, passed away on August 31, 2011. He was born on August 20, 1918, in Seattle, Washington and retired from the US Postal Service in 1973, after 30 plus years of service. He loved trains and ferries, they were his lifelong hobbies. He wrote 5 books about trains, and also enjoyed printing photos in his basement darkroom to sell at train swap meets. He was a charter member of the Northwest Rail Fan Club.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Northern Pacific Depot at Gate, Washington, December 8,1957, from the Walter W. Ainsworth Collection, photograph by Warren W. Wing.
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Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.
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Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Reproduction Policy for further information.
Languages of the material
English
Scripts of the material
Latin
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Finding aids
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Custodial history
Ownership of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects resides in the the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association.
Immediate source of acquisition
Assembled by the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society from various donated collections received between 2010 and 2020.
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Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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Name access points
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)