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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards

American History Museum

Assembling steel bridge girders, steel corporation
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Object Details

Scope and Contents note

Approximately 350 stereo cards of engineering subjects, such as bridges, tunnels, lighthouses, canals, quarries, etc., including both U.S. and foreign subjects.
sova.nmah.ac.1090

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a58d541f-3c2a-4964-b71d-0140ed4e2af4

Creator

Vogel, Robert M.

Former owner

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

Bridges
Buildings
Canals
Dams
Factories
Heavy machinery
Lighthouses
Mines
Mining
Quarries and quarrying
Railroad stations
Tunnels
Waterworks

Provenance

Donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering by curator Robert M. Vogel in 1986. Also included in this gift were stereographs of non-engineering subjects, which were transferred to other Museum divisions.

Creator

Vogel, Robert M.

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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards

Extent

2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes )

Date

1844-1916, undated

Ownership and Custodial History

The engineering stereographs were transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1090

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stereoscopic photographs

Citation

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged into one series Series 1: Stereograph Cards, 1848-1926

Processing Information

Collection processed by Geoff Kelly, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023. Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2025.

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

Stereoscopic photographs

Restrictions

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
NMAH.AC.1090
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Record ID

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Railway Suspension, 800 feet long

Suspension bridge, Niagara

Victoria Bridge, Montreal

The great Brookyln Bridge, New York

71, Suspension Bridge, top view

Niagara Scenery

3153, Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A.

Perspective View, Suspension Bridge Carriage Way, Niagara

Niagara, new Suspension bridge from Observation Tower

Entrance to bridge, Niagara Falls

The Suspension Bridge, Nashville, Tennessee

7589, Interior of Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A.

Lower Weber Canyon, looking West, Devil's Gate Bridge in the foreground

Along the driveway, cable road and promenade to New York, Brooklyn Bridge

New York, from the pire of the Suspension Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge, near view, New York

Railroad bridge, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Bridge at Newport, Massachusetts over Merrimack River

Factories and Commercial Buildings (Exterior Views)

Niagara, New Suspension Bridge from top of tower

Bridge at Summer Hill, Pennsylvania

Interior of suspension bridge, Niagara

Victoria Bridge, Canada

Interior of suspension bridge, Niagara

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