[PRCo] Re: Another Western PA field trip

[Fredbruhn at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/2006 2:49:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
trams at adelphia.net writes:
  I have a great McKinley Crowley
negative of a low-floor car marked
"in Stubenville" ...
Just as a tidbit, Ed mentions this name from long ago.  McKinley Crowley 
lived in Canton, Ohio, and was an employee of the NOT&L at one time.  If you have 
CERA 109 you will see some of his photography.  I don't know how extensive his 
travels were, but I had the pleasure of meeting him exactly 50 years ago.  He 
was retired and living less than a mile from where I lived.  I was just 16 
and not that bold but did manage enough courage to call and ask if I could 
visit.  McKinley had his collection in his finished basement and had "left" 3 or 4 
headlights from LSE and NOTL and marker lights and other misc.  He said at one 
time he had quite a few headlights, having visited LSE as it was being 
scrapped as well as NOTL.  He had sold much of his stuff by then but all his photos 
were well protected in an old refrigerator in that basement room. I wonder 
what happened to his photo collection.  A did manage to buy a few of his prints.  
McKinley sort of fits into that group which includes W. Lupher Hay, Roger 
Borrup, Barney Neuburger, I assume Harry Bartley, and other well known names of 
the 30's and 40's.  Sorry Fred III, your too young.