Private Car "Atalanta"

Private Car "Atalanta"

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Photo Credit The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
Category Rolling Stock

Description

Photograph of Jay Gould's private rail car on display. There is a light post near the front of the car and two women in period-dress posing in front of it as well. Both women are wearing brightly colored dresses, one pink and the other green, and holding umbrellas. There is a sign post to the right of the image and trees in the background. Written below the image is "[sic] Jefferson, Texas Jay Goulds private car "Atalanta" -built in early 1890's."

[Private Car "Atalanta"], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853206/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.