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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
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1875-1911.
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2.6 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0158
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of construction by plant. Includes orders, dates of construction, customers and costs for passenger, dining and freight cars.
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Leslie Company
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ca. 1890-1900.
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1 Cubic foot (2 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1182
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two albums of photographs depicting rotary snow plows for railroads.
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Ayres, F. (wagon-maker)
Sneden, James T. (wagon-maker)
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1834-1869
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0151
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The ledger contains 82 handwritten pages detailing daily transactions. Many entries suffer from illegibility and poor spelling. Most items concern repair of various parts of wagons and sleighs, often with payment in the form of grain and other farm products.
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Harry A. McBride Railroad Photographs
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McBride, Harry A.
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ca. 1940s-1950s.
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4.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1171
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approxiamtely 3,000 views of railroads, railroad equipment, stations, yards and employees. The emphasis is on American railroads, but the collection includes a few views of railroad subjects in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Scandinavia and several island nations.
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Catlin, Putman (treasurer of Milford & Owego Turnpike)
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1817-1824.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0153
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes detailed financial records, receipts from individual gate-keepers, payments to them and other employees, receipts of capital subscription from company stockholders.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
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1867-1929.
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Four scrapbooks containing items relating to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including: blueprints, photographs, examples of company letterhead and blank company forms, clippings and articles, business records such as contracts and specifications, trade literature, and miscellany.
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United Transportation Union
Nelsen, Malcolm H.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Briers, Kenneth A.
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1950s-1960s
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4.6 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1173
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection relates to Nelson's work with railroad labor unions, including the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. The collection includes grievance files, bylaws of committees of the unions, meeting minutes and reports of those committees, company newsletters, and internal memoranda.
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Rumsey, James, 1743-1792 (machinist, inventor)
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1788 January 28
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 item)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0216
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A promissory note of January 28, 1788 to Robert Stubbe for the sum of eighteen shillings and six pence, Pennsylvania currency. See Rumsey's article, "A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam, whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments, that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great ...
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
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1850-1880.
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0171
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes lists of rail accidents, production and distribution of locomotives, and engine repair costs; reports on locomotive power, cost and performance, and purchases of locomotives and cars; and correspondence relating to these and other matters, all 1850-1880. Most correspondence is to Garrett from railroad supervisory staff. Includes a history ...
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Hyde Windlass Company
- Dates:
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circa 1895-1950
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2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0239
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Hyde Windlass Company was founded in 1895 for the manufacture of deck machinery. Growing interest in marine transportation and the necessity for it because of wars increased the company's size enabling it to design and manufacture a larger variety of products from propellers and marine fittings to other heavy machine assemblies.
