Title	1900: Auburn train station
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 1st edition, 1981, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 37: Fire has been a threat to Auburn train stations. Lightning struck this one and burned it in about 1904. Forty years earlier, Federal troops had put the torch to the town's first station. Annie Terrell Basore, as a child, saw the second fire from her home across Mitcham Avenue. "We were sitting on a side porch, and a lightning stroke came down" she said. "It killed a mule and burned the depot." Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date	ca. 1900
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Travel Railroads Railroad stations -- Alabama Railroads -- Buildings and structures -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Business & Industry -- Transportation Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and Towns Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 3833 x 2644 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	auh118.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 1st edition. 1981.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge