Photo: Packing Shed At St. Elmo, Missouri, With Refrigerator Cars
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Photo: Packing Shed At St. Elmo, Missouri, With Refrigerator Cars This is a link to a 1902 photo from the Missouri State Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/digital/collection/Fruitful/id/83/rec/293 Use the Expand box in the upper right hand corner of the photo to enlarge it and scroll to enlarger it further. This is a very clear photo but it's a bit dark. The identities of the refrigerator cars cannot be determined. Notice the advertisement on the car nearest to the camera. It is for Ruddock, Trench & Company, a Los Angeles and Riverside, CA, orange shipper. I found several crate labels for that company: https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5j49r28n/?brand=oac4 https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0v4/?brand=oac4 https://witherells.com/lot/fruit-label-bouquet-brand-by-ruddock-trench-co-california-3958623 There is some evidence that the company's Riverside packing house was served by the Southern Pacific. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railroad Citrus Industry Modeling Group
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