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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Division of Transportation Street Railways Reference Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1575
- Creators:
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
- Dates:
-
undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5.5 Cubic feet13 boxes
- Repository:
Content Description
Content Description
Collection documents street railway cars through photographs and ephemera. Includes reprints and articles from
Street Railway Journal
, Capital Traction Quarterly
, The Railroad Gazette
, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers
, and Scientific American
.Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is unarranged.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Custodial History
Collection assembled by the Division of Transportation and transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in May 2022.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Preferred Citation
Division of Transportation Street Railways Reference Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Materials in the Archives Center
Warshaw Collection of Business of Americana, Series: Streetcars & Subways (NMAH.AC.0060)
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Articles -- 19th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Articles -- 20th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Local transit | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maps | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Newspaper clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Patents | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Railways | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Streetcars | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Stock certificates | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Tickets | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-3270
Fax Number: Fax: 202-786-2453
archivescenter@si.edu
