Penn Station, New York, Photographs
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Pennsylvania Railroad.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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ca. 1903-1910.
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3.6 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
On paper and glass, silver gelatin.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1048
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Glass plate negatives and stereographs relating to the construction of Penn Station and the Pennsylvania Railroad's work in New York City, including the Station foundations and the East and Hudson River tunnels.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Reading Company
United Transportation Union
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1910-1986
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1.3 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1172
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Printed materials collected by Metz during his railroad career, including timetables, rule books, operational manuals, safety manuals, labor union materials, regulations, Metz' IDs and certifications, blank company forms, company newsletters, and internal memoranda and correspondence. The papers relate to several railroads: Western Maryland Railway...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
Hamily, David
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1912-1949
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0207
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions, locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculatio...
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Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
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1869, 1881-1903, 1953, 1966 and undated
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1.25 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7268
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of Watkins' official and personal correspondence concerning the efforts of the Smithsonian to obtain federal appropriations for the establishment of a section of steam transportation in the USNM, the construction of ship models for an exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Watkins' research on the ...
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1929
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1.59 Cubic feet (3 flat boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0081
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT), Inc. Air-Rail Service Scrapbooks collection consists of three large, fabric covered scrapbooks. The set documents the pre- and post-inaugural activities of TAT for the period of time between June and November, 1929.
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Forgie, James
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1890 - 1949
bulk 1900-1935
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38.8 Cubic feet (85 boxes; 33 map-folders; 18 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0986
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain correspondence, reports, drawings, blueprints, cost estimates, contracts, specifications, regulations, legal documents, photographs, profiles, diagrams, clippings, and publications concerning projects which Forgie worked on, especially the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, the Midtown Hudson Tunnels in New York City. Also included are...
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Sheaffer, Daniel
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1928-1952
bulk 1928-1943
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1.91 Cubic feet (1 legal document box, 1 slim legal document box, and 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0267
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was the first US airline associated with railroads (Pennsylvania and Santa Fe) in providing a rapid form of coast to coast transportation service. This collection includes material that Daniel M. Sheaffer collected about Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT).
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Woodard, Silas H., 1870-1961
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1899-1932
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1038
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Silas H. Woodard include the Isthmian Canal Commission Report containing text, maps, profiles, and plates, 1899-1901; photograph albums on the East River Tunnel, 1904-1908; reports on the regulation of the levels of the Great Lakes, 1910-1914; and reports dealing with the development of hydroelectric power on the St. Lawrence River, 1...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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1860-1940
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3.25 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1046
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and photographs documenting the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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Merker, Walter H., Jr.
PCC and St. L Railroad
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1925-1928
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1079
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographic prints of railroad construction in Pierron, St. Jacob, and Collinsville, Illinois, from 1925-1927.