CAPT Rex Settlemoir sez... I obtained this photo of the Vienna, Illinois Big 4 depot from the National Archives. They also provided me with a complete set of plans and construction drawings. Photo is dated 1915 -- four years before my Grandfather bid in the agency job there, where he would remain until he died in 1946. Note the wagon and team of horses to the right! CAPT Rex Settlemoir Collection
I always enjoy seeing photos showing life in small-town America from 100 or more years ago. Thanks for your continued research and sharing, Roger. Interesting that money would be spent for non-functional boards on the gable ends of an otherwise plain structure in an apparently non-prosperous town.
Roger, somewhat off topic--are these recent from Capt. Settlemoir? He used to contribute a lot of steam photos to George Elwood's site and I wondered if he was still around. Nice photo of the Vienna depot.
Wow. Great detail. They added quite a bit of fancy work, so it must have been a very important place!