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Blake, Beverly B.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Weide, Robert Lee
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1910-1933.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1012
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs and photograph albums documenting engineering projects with which Robert Weide was involved. They include the Potomac Electric Power Company plant in Washington, D.C.; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in Washington, D.C.;. a hydroelectric plant on the James River for Bedford City, Virginia; a power plant in Salem, Ohio; a p...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Rehor, John A.
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1925-1942.
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1075
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over nine hundred official company photographs documenting the history of the railroad. Subjects include trains, locomotives and cars; employees and employee gatherings and events; structures such as stations, track, bridges, crossings, towers, coaling stations.
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History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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1827-1987
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33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1086
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.
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Erie Railroad Company
ConRail
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Olevsky, Walter
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circa 1880-1980
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57 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 97 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1082
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of six hundred sixty-eight (668) glass negatives relating to the Erie Railroad. Subjects include stations, train cars, railroad employees, employees' recreational activities, ferries, construction, street scenes, and resort hotels; drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constitu...
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White, G. Howard, Dr., Jr.
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circa 1890-1920
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1.5 cubic feet
149 negatives (photographic) (glass.)
8 photographic prints (black and white.)
46 negatives (photographic) (nitrate.)
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- AAG.WHI
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Archives of American Gardens
The Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. Collection contains images of family members and residences relating to the White family of Catonsville, Maryland and Middleburg, Virginia and the Liebig family of Catonsville, Maryland, as well as recreational, industrial, and general sites in Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey. The images, taken by Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. and Dr. Gustav Adolph Liebig, both amateur photographers, document everything from informal family gatherings and outings to domestic servants, workers, factories and railroad lines. The acession file includes some genealogical information and research on properties conducted in 2005.
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Chicago City Railway Company.
West Chicago Street Railroad Company.
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Pennsylvania & West Virginia Railway.
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1880-1948
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4.6 Cubic feet (13 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0212
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of blueprints, working drawings, line drawings, tracings, and plans of the Chicago Surface Railway system from 1896-1926; 1948. The majority of the drawings are on linen and are 24" x 36" or larger. Some of the drawings are annotated. The drawing number, title of drawing and the date are provided for each sheet.
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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
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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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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
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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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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Foundation Company (The).
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1887-1969
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9 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 28 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0974
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also phot...
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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...