Martin Digital History

Party of children at train station, 1939

Item

Title

Party of children at train station, 1939

Description

Children from all eight grades of Warfield Elementary watch a train the Seaboard Air Line railway's "Silver Meteor" at a railroad station.

When this diesel-electric stainless-steel train made its inaugural trek from New York to Miami in February 1939, it was greeted at many stations by crowds of people.

Source

Scans gift of the MCLS.

Date

Contributor

Rights

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Format

1 black and white print; 4x2.4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

LIB-2024-038-013
2024.038

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

“Party of children at train station, 1939,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/7865.