Grace Seeliger collection of Weiser Railroad Depot scenes

Collection — Box: 1985

Identifier: P1985-045

Staff Only

Content Description

Four black and white photographs with five negatives of a crowd near the Weiser Depot with State street in view.

Dates

Creation: undated

Biographical / Historical

The Weiser Oregon Short Line Railroad Depot was built in 1907, after the old downtown of Weiser burned in 1890. This depot is the third Weiser depot. After the Union Pacific Railway went bankrupt in 1893, the railroad was then bought by the Harriman Syndicate and the Oregon Short Line (OSL) railroad was refurbished. Later in 1899, the Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad (PIN), and their railroads were attached to the OSL, and expanded further. Council, Midvale, Cambridge, and New Meadows all sprang up near the newly built railroad stations were. This depot still exists and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places.

Extent

4 Photographic Prints

5 Photographic Negatives

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Topical

Railroads

Geographic

Weiser (Idaho)

Topical

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for P1985-045 Grace Seeliger collection of Weiser railroad depot scenes
Status: Completed
Author: MFS
Date: 2025-04-23
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin