Object Details
Scope and Contents
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, and coaling stations.
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Creator
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Collector
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
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
Donor
Rehor, John A.
Place
Ohio
West Virginia
Topic
Railroads -- Rolling-stock
Railroad stations -- United States
Railroad tracks
Railroad companies
Railroads
Railroads -- Buildings and structures
Railroads -- Employees
Locomotives
Railroad bridges
Provenance
Donated to the Museum's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in 1981 by John A. Roher.
Creator
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
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Biographical / Historical
Founded in 1871, the Wheeling and Lake Erie (W&LE) Railway was built to haul coal from southeastern Ohio mines to the Lake Erie ports of Huron and Toledo. After World War II, W&LE had several owners, the Nickel Plate, then the Norfolk & Western, and later, the Norfolk & Western and Southern (NS) merged. The W&LE was dissolved in 1989 but was revived in 1990 by new investors.
Extent
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Date
1925-1942.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1075
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Citation
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1: Negatives
Series 2: Copy Prints
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
Black-and-white negatives
Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Record ID
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