@trainroomgary posted:Hi from Michigan: “This is a fake photo” If this was a real photo some historical society in Missouri or news organization would have used this photo. Before Photoshop, images we’re manipulated using darkroom procedures. . In my opinion this is a fake photo.
Seems like an awfully elaborate fake. Aging the paper, scribbling a (fake)date and info on the back. Just to hand off to a neighbor.
While not verification of this particular loco. Steam locomotives in high water was not totally uncommon as discussed in this older thread, with similar images :