Skagit Valley Railroad

c. 1905

Darius Kinsey

Associated Names
Darius Kinsey

Artist, American, 1869 - 1945

This is a photograph of a steam locomotive in a forested area. The image shows an old steam engine, labeled "SKAGIT VALLEY TRAIL," on wooden tracks. Large cut logs are stacked on the left side of the image. The steam locomotive features a prominent chimney stack and mechanical components typical of early 20th-century trains. The photograph has a sepia tone. The wooden planks and logs supporting the tracks form a rugged, utilitarian background typical of industrial activities in forested environments.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 27 × 34.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
    mount: 35.5 × 43.3 cm (14 × 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.92

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 23 June 1993; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in negative: KINSEY / 2245; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: #4 / 45 tons / Built 1905 / from Lima, Ohio / [illegible] Fir, Wash / Carries: 1750 gal H2O / 2 cords of wood / Skagit Valley RR and / English- Same company / Millard Anderson [illegible]; center right in blue ink: Man on left is / "Dutch” Walters; lower left perpendicular: #4; bottom right in graphite: MDK.101.Y

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