DeAutremont train robbery disaster cover

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Associated Person
Hugh DeAutremont, American, 1904 - 1959
Ray Charles DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1984
Roy A. A. DeAutremont, American, 1899 - 1983
Description
Burnt, partial mail piece has a typed address for Lyle S. Vincent & Company, White Building, Seattle, Washington. The damage to this mail is attributed to the burning of the mail car during the DeAutremont brothers' robbery of the Ashland and Gerber Train Number 13 at Siskiyou, Oregon, on October 11, 1923.
Credit line
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
1923
Object number
2003.2004.3
Type
Covers & Associated Letters
Medium
paper; ink (black) / typewritten
Dimensions
8.5 x 17 cm (3 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Place of Destination
Washington
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Associated Event
DeAutremont train robbery, 1923
Topic
The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Record ID
npm_2003.2004.3
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b3b2bdf6-fee6-4777-a7e3-c695d7bcdca2
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