Tuesday, May 5, 2015

EJ&E Crossing at Lake Street

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Images courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society and Tom Rainford.


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These three photos appear to be taken at the same place — the Lake Street crossing of the EJ&E Railroad, where Ezra Gilpin worked in 1923, according to the caption of one of the photos.

As we've already noted, he was still working as a railroad crossing guard when the 1930 census came around, though perhaps not at the Lake Street crossing.

I can't read the name on the sled in the last picture — King something? (Anyway, it's not Rosebud.)

2 comments:

Rachel said...

Orson Welles would have been 100 years old today, great timing ;)

Ainsworthiana said...

I had no idea!