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Division of Transportation Street Railways Reference Collection

American History Museum

Electric Tramways, General
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Object Details

Content Description

Collection documents street railway cars through photographs and ephemera. Includes reprints and articles from Street Railway Journal, Capital Traction Quarterly, The Railroad Gazette, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Scientific American.
sova.nmah.ac.1575

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86e2bbdd8-df7c-4873-8761-cc82feccc36d

Creator

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation

Topic

Local transit
Railways
Streetcars

Provenance

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Creator

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation

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Division of Transportation Street Railways Reference Collection

Extent

5.5 Cubic feet (13 boxes)

Date

1842-2009

Custodial History

Collection assembled by the Division of Transportation and transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in May 2022.

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1575

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Articles
Maps
Newspaper clippings
Negatives
Patents
Photographs
Stock certificates
Tickets

Citation

Division of Transportation Street Railways Reference Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Arrangement

Collection is unarranged.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

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

Articles -- 19th century
Articles -- 20th century
Maps
Newspaper clippings
Negatives
Patents
Photographs
Stock certificates
Tickets

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.

Related Materials

Materials in the Archives Center Warshaw Collection of Business of Americana, Series: Streetcars & Subways (NMAH.AC.0060)
NMAH.AC.1575
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86e2bbdd8-df7c-4873-8761-cc82feccc36d
NMAH.AC.1575
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1684155000708-1684155000874-0

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