C & O Railway Accident Scene Aylmer. Connor Fatality
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives212084
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- December 31, 1955
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3258
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3259
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3260
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3261
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3262
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3263
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3264
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3265
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3266
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3267
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3268
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3269
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3270
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3271
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3272
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3273
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3274
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 55-2156 (2_3258)
- 55-2157 (2_3259)
- 55-2158 (2_3260)
- 55-2159 (2_3261)
- 55-2160 (2_3262)
- 55-2161 (2_3263)
- 55-2162 (2_3264)
- 55-2163 (2_3265)
- 55-2164 (2_3266)
- 55-2165 (2_3267)
- 55-2166 (2_3268)
- 55-2167 (2_3269)
- 55-2168 (2_3270)
- 55-2169 (2_3271)
- 55-2170 (2_3272)
- 55-2171 (2_3273)
- 55-2172 (2_3274)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3258
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3259
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3260
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3261
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3262
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3263
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3264
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3265
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3266
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3267
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3268
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3269
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3270
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3271
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3272
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3273
- M7 S2 Sh1 B2 2_3274
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- December 31, 1955
- Publication
- An article regarding this incident was published in St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 31, 1955, page one.
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the road and surrounding area of a car accident. Driver Jack Connor, of Springfield, was killed after his 1955 Meteor sedan collided with a C. & O. freight train north of Aylmer. A letter and a H. W. Miller, District Claim Agent, business card was found with the negatives. The letter from Stollery to A.K. MacDonald Insurance Adjusters identified the photographs as the following: 12/31/55 #73 Highway Camera 11 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2767 [2_3269] Camera 24 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2766 [2_3268] Camera 66 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2765 [2_3267] Camera 173 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2764 [2_3266] Camera 205 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2763 [2_3265] Camera 281 ft. N. of North of West bound main track looking east. 55-2762 [2_3264] Pan 336 ft 55-2770 -71 -72 [2_3272, 2_3273, 2_3273] 474 ft looking south east. 55-2769 [2_3271] 50 ft north of advance sign. 55-2768 [2_3270] Open track switch close-up 55-2756 [2_3258] Switch stand. 55-2757 [2_3259] Close-up of crosser switch. 55-2761 [2_3263] Camera looking toward west standing on framing. 55-2758 [2_3260] View of auto. 55-2759 [2_3261] and 55-2760 [2_3262]
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Related Material
- Original Photograph Sleeve: M7 S1 Sh5 B8 8_61
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