Object Details
Summary
Collection consists of photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railroad dating from 1914 to 1923.
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of over 3,500 photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railway. These materials include images of bridges, structures, stations, railroad cars, and other subjects. Certain negatives also capture glimpses of everyday life including families outside of company-owned housing, railroad employees at work, busy city scenes, advertisements, automobiles, and in some cases, the surveyors at work. The negatives begin with valuation survey number twenty-seven and end with 145. These negatives date from 1914 to 1923 with the bulk dating from 1916 to 1921. The negatives are arranged sequentially according to their valuation survey (VS) numbers, which denote specific geographic areas along the railway lines. Geographic locations were identified using copies of valuation survey maps from the Pennsylvania State Archives.
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Creator
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Collector
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Topic
Railroad bridges
Railroad companies
Railroad cars
Railroads -- Trains
Railroad stations
Railroads -- 20th century
Railroads
Provenance
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company donated the collection in 1986.
Creator
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
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New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives
Extent
12 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
Date
1914-1923
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1072
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Citation
New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jade D'Addario, intern, 2014; Anne M. Jones, volunteer, 2014; Eva Buchanan, intern, 2017; Stephanie Haeg, intern, 2017; Karalyn Glos, intern, 2018; Austin Knox, intern, 2018; and Justine Thomas, intern, 2018; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction. Smithsonian Institution owns rights. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Restrictions
Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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Record ID
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