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Black and white photographic postcard depicting the removal of engine 1538 after a train accident/wreck with caption "Removing 1538 From Wreck. MAR.3.07. E. Of Shippensburg, PA. #348". Crane to life engine seein in top left. Many spectators watching the event.\nVerso of #346 postcard addressed to "Miss Kate Grove"\nVerso message transcription: "This big engine butted the other one of the track and upset it. There was immense crowds out to see them clear up the wreck. Them had two steam derricks there. Thanks for the Easter card. Clarence"
Black and white with a beige hue photograph of tree-lined Normal Avenue and adjacent walk-way and field with more trees arranged in linear fashion. Caption: "Normal Avenue, Shippensburg, PA." Verso of Normal Avenue image. Has two post stampes. The stamp on the right reads "SHIPPENSBURG SEP 14 9AM 1906" and the stamp on the left is legible as "SEP 14 6PM 1906 REC'D". Possible part of original postcard missing, including possible hand-writing at bottom of verso. Verso addressed to "Miss Kate E. Grove Pennington."