Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Memento, Old Tay Bridge.
Published / Created:
[Dundee, Scotland] : [George Petrie], [1885]
Physical Description:
1 card photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 22 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
Photographic memento of the 1879 Tay Bridge Disaster, in Dundee, Scotland, reproducing ticket stubs of passengers that died when a train plunged into the Tay Estuary. The legend at the foot of the photograph states: "These tickets were collected at St Fort Station, on 28th December, 1879, by Robert Morris, agent; Wm. Friend, ticket collector; and Alex. Inglis, porter, from passengers who lost their lives by the Fall of the Tay Bridge."
Subject Terms:
Tay Bridge Disaster, Dundee, Scotland, 1879. | Tay Bridge (Dundee, Scotland : Railroad bridge) | Bridge failures -- Scotland. | Railroads -- Scotland. | Carte de visite photographs. | Railroad tickets. | Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Form/Genre:
Photographs. | Card photographs (photographs) | Albumen prints. | Souvenirs.
Contributors:
Petrie, George.