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The Pride Of Pensacola Frisco 1355!

~ Tim Jeffers

From a recent trip to Pensacola Florida.

The train-turned-statue that rests in the median of West Garden Street is Engine No. 1355, also called the Pride of Pensacola. It is an 84-foot long steam locomotive and tender (fuel carrying car).

The engine was built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company. It stayed in service for the Saint Louis – San Francisco Railway Company (nicknamed The Frisco) until it was retired in 1956.

After more than 40 years of service, the mileage on the antique odometer reads 1,148,534 — the equivalent of traveling around the world 46 times.
In 1957, Frisco Lines donated the engine to the city of Pensacola to stand as a monument to local port and railway history.

Meier & Frank Portland Oregon

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I was able to obtain some 5 x 7 BW negatives of  advertising photos from the 1930’s for the Meier and Frank Department store in Portland, Oregon.

Here is a link to the history of the store. http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/meier___frank.html