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Brownrigg, T. Parks
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circa 1907-1908
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312 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.35
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of photographs, possibly part of a travelog, depicting mostly American landscapes (particularly tourist destinations), transportation (railroads, roads, and boats), towns, and hotels. A few photographs of Native Americans including images of a Crow burial, a Pueblo ceremony, and men on horseback at Eagle Butte on the Yellows...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1832-1977
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60.54 Cubic feet (consisting of 131 boxes, 13 folders, 17 oversize folders, 20 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (1 full, 1 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Railroads
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Railroads forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Yungmeyer, Martha
- Dates:
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1931-1964
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8 Cubic feet (24 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0241
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.
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Norrell, Thomas, 1899-1985
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circa 1840-circa 1960
bulk 1870-1940
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18 Cubic feet (84 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1174
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 11,000 images collected by Thomas Norrell consisting of original photographic prints and photographic postcards, original film and glass plate negatives, and duplicate/copy photographic prints and negatives. The majority are external views of single locomotive engines of North American railroad and industrial companies. Images of international railroad company locomotives and of representative locomotives from various locomotive works and builders are also included. The collection contains a small number of subject-specific images covering such topics as train wrecks, funeral trains, experimental locomotives, miniature trains, and locomotives at the 1933 and 1939 World's Fairs.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman, George M., 1831-1897
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1867-1982
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.
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1861-1994
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76 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1136
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents various aspects of railroad companies through pamphlets; trade catalogs; operating and service manuals, especially for railroad equipment; specifications; magazines and reprints; bulletins, and articles.
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Hall, Clayton M.
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1936-1966, undated
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1168
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of black and white photographic negatives depicting railroad scenes and locomotives in the United States and Canada, taken by Clayton M. Hall of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Hutton, William R., 1826-1901
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1830-1965
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30 Cubic feet (33 boxes, 21 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0987
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document the life and work of William R. Hutton, a civil engineer during the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, letterpress copy book, printed materials, publications, specifications, photographs, drawings, and maps that document the construction of several architectural and engineering projects during this period. Most notable are the records containing information related to the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Hudson River Tunnel, the Washington Aqueduct, the Kanawha River Canal, and the Washington/Harlem River Bridge. There are also several records about railroads in the state of Maryland, the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including the Western Maryland Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Colorado Midlands Railway, Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, the Northern Adirondack Railroad, and the Pittsfield and Williamstown Railroad. The records can be used to track the progression of these projects, and engineering innovation during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
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Nordberg Manufacturing Company
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1891-1947
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45 Cubic feet (58 boxes, 110 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0975
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of the company's photo and negative archives; miscellaneous trade publications; G. Turnwald notebooks; technical memoranda; trade literature; operating manuals; parts books; Nordberg company history; machinery proposals; order books; time records; Chain Belt Company catalogs; and blueprints used in the shops.
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.