La Ligne de la Mure et le Drac Postcard

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Title

La Ligne de la Mure et le Drac Postcard

Alternative Title

La Mure Postcard

Subject

Railroads--Europe

Description

A postcard depicting a view from the Chemin de Fer de La Mure railroad line, which was built in 1882 to haul coal and was electrified in 1903. The postcard refers to Le Drac, an electric locomotive that ran on the line between 1903 and 1933. Until 2010, the line itself operated as a tourist attraction, but a landslide blocked one of the tunnels and it is unclear if or whether the line will re-open.

This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.

Source

Original 3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

Publisher

Phototypie Goutagn Lyon

Date Created

ca. 1931

Contributor

Campbell, Lucile

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard.

Is Part Of

File folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Lucile Campbell Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Extent

330 KB

Medium

3 x 5 inch black and white photographic postcard

Language

fre

Type

Still Image

Coverage

La Ligne de la Mure, France

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by Phototypie Goutagn Lyon.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the UCF Public History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Aphasia Project

Curator

Raffel, Sara

Digital Collection

External Reference

"Le Train de la Mure Ne Circule Plus." Le Dauphine. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2010/10/27/le-train-de-la-mure-ne-circule-plus.
"Chemine de Fer de la Mure." http://www.railfaneurope.net/lamure/english/constr.html.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 black and white photographic postcard

Physical Dimensions

3 x 5 inches

Citation

“La Ligne de la Mure et le Drac Postcard,” RICHES, accessed December 11, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6612.

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