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9305-A4311-A.  Celilo Falls Indians pose with the Union Pacific Streamliner train at Celilo Falls. April 1940. An Indian is handing a salmon up to Streamliner engineer, whose window has been removed from the train for the purpose of photographing. Celilo Falls is in the background. On left is Chief Tommy Thompson, son Henry Thompson, daughter Ida Thompson, son-in-law Jimmy George (with fish), Flora Thompson (wife of Chief Tommy Thompson). Other identified Indians on the right are (from right to left) Joe Skahan, Louis Ike (father of Freddy Ike), the rest are unidentified. Train engineer is Tom Rumgay (died 1942 at age 52. identified by his daughter Ms. Zee Foote on 23 September 1994) The Union Pacific engine no. is M10002. 7 different negatives..The photos are the out-takes from a Union Pacific photo assignment. The first known publication of the UP version of the photo was published in the Oregon Journal on 12 May 1940, mag section, pg. 3. and captioned "In the dawn's early light a chief greets the Union Pacific Streamliner, west bound which stopped briefly in the heart of the Indian fishing village to express modern transportation's homage to the ancient festival of thanksgiving. Union Pacific photo.".This Streamliner was the "City of Portland", engine #M10002, an articulated streamliner introduced in 1935 and replaced in 1939 by a train streamliner. Until 1946, only one Streamliner worked the Portland to Chicago route at any given time, and the original Streamliner was brought out of retirement for this photo shoot.