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Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)

14 Documents (1 Binder)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Nigerians  Search this

Tuaregs  Search this

Fulani  Search this

Nuba  Search this

Igbo (African people)  Search this

Turkana  Search this

Pokot  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Documents

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

Nigeria

Africa

Lagos (Nigeria)

Date:

1961-circa 2005

Summary:

The collection consists of 6,567 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2005. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.

Scope and Contents note:

This 6,567 slide collection documents Houlberg's studies in Southwestern Nigeria spanning from 1961 to circa 2005. The collection primarily includes photos of people, including the Ogboni, Pokot, Yoruba, Turkana and Igbo, shrines, festivals and rituals, art objects, and artists. A particular strength of the collection are photos of Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg mostly photographed in Ilishan, Ikenne, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art, wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Several Yoruba art forms, including photography, scarification tattoos, and textiles (both cloth and dress), are represented in the collection. Additionally, there are numerous slides of Yoruba hairstyles, many of which she published in her article, Social Hair: Tradition and Change in Yoruba Hairstyles in Southwestern Nigeria.

Yoruba ritual specialists, such as Ife-olu Solaru, Olufunke, and Yesufu Ejigboye, appear frequently throughout the collection. Houlberg documented her many stays with these individuals over the years.

There is also one binder of manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles.

Arrangement note:

The collection is organized into 29 series according to subject. The series descriptions correspond with particular subjects used in Houlberg's teaching and lectures. All slides were kept in the order in which they were donated.

Series 1: African Hairstyles, circa 1973-1994 (Binder 1; 212 slides)

Series 2: Egungun Festival, 1961-circa 1988 (Binder 1; 362 slides)

Series 3: Gelede, circa 1969-circa 1989 (Binder 2; 301 slides)

Series 4: Ibeji Twins, circa 1969-circa 1990 (Binders 2-3; 854 slides)

Series 5: Ogboni Art Objects and Shrines, circa 1969-circa 1982 (Binder 4; 92 slides)

Series 6: Art Objects Depicting Ogun, circa 1969-circa 1983 (Binder 4; 56 slides)

Series 7: Olojufoforo Art and Festivities, circa 1968-circa 1975 (Binder 4; 21 slides)

Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art, circa 1969-circa 1985 (Binder 4; 260 slides)

Series 9: Carving, Art Objects and Artists, and Scenes of Daily Life, circa 1973-circa 1988 (Binder 4; 201 slides)

Series 10: Yoruba Art, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 49 slides)

Series 11: Yoruba Textiles, circa 1973-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 84 slides)

Series 12: Yoruba, Miscellaneous, circa 1967-circa 1989 (Binder 5; 251 slides)

Series 13: African Art, Textiles People, and Dwellings, circa 1963-circa 1983 (Binder 6; 58 slides)

Series 14: Ibo Mbari and Igbo Peoples and Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1985 (Binder 6; 212 slides)

Series 15: Art and Ceremonies, circa 1967-circa 1991 (Binder 6; 493 slides)

Series 16: Body Arts, Nuba People (Sudan) and Fulani and Bororo People (Niger), circa 1973-circa 1979 (Binder 7; 64 slides)

Series 17: People, Scenic Views and Animals of Kenya, Sudan, Angola, and Ghana, circa 1972-circa 1985 (Binder 7; 168 slides)

Series 18: Peoples and Arts of Ghana, Mali, and the Ivory Coast, circa 1966-circa 1992 (Binder 7; 406 slides)

Series 19: Published Maps and Photos, circa 1968-circa 1985 (Binder 8; 70 slides)

Series 20: Nigerian Masks and Art Objects, circa 1967-circa 1978 (Binder 8; 396 slides)

Series 21: Yoruba Festivals, People, and Art in Nigeria, circa 1967-circa 1988 (Binders 8-9; 128 slides)

Series 22: Yoruba Photography and Textiles, circa 1975-circa 1983 (Binder 9; 54 slides)

Series 23: Ife-Olu, Ilishan, circa 1980-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 87 slides)

Series 24: Yoruba Festivals, People, Hairstyles, Ibeji Objects, Eshu Figures, and Oya and Orishala Priests, Priestesses, and Shrines, circa 1966-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 168 slides)

Series 25: Shango, circa 1970-circa 1983 (Binder 10, 162 slides)

Series 26: Ara Festival, 1975 (Binder 10; 174 slides)

Series 27: Ceremonies and Festivals, Portraits, Art and Ceremonial Objects, Domestic and Market Scenes, circa 1969-circa 2005 (Binders 10-11; 759 slides)

Series 28: Yoruba Art Objects, and Domestic, Work, and Festival Scenes, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 11; 104 slides)

Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials, 1973-circa 2005 (Binder 12)

Biographical/Historical note:

Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography.

She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti.

Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.

Provenance:

Marilyn Houlberg, 733 West 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616, Donation, 20050320, 2005-0002

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Weavers  Search this

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Shrines  Search this

Masks  Search this

Domestic scenes  Search this

Egúngún (Cult)  Search this

Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this

Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Marketplaces  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Ere ibeji  Search this

Works of art in situ  Search this

Art, African  Search this

Vernacular architecture  Search this

Festivals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Photographic prints

Photographs

Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

Collection Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

58 Slides (photographs) (Binder 6)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Date:

circa 1963-circa 1983

Scope and Contents note:

People depicted include the Mende (Sierra Leone), Bororo (Niger), Senoufo (Ivory Coast), Sara (Chad), Mangbetu (Congo), Pokot (Kenya), Masai (Kenya), Ga'ande (Nigeria), Nuba (Sudan), and Bemana (Mali). Many of the photos were taken by other photographers.

Scope and Contents:

[EEPA 2005-002-2988 - EEPA 2005-002-3045]

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Collection Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002, Series 13

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref254

Collection Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Container:

Binder 6, Item 2988-3045

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Date:

circa 1963-circa 1983

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Collection Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 13: African Art, Textiles, People, and Dwellings

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref255

Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-10-20T15:25:57.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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FreerSackler

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_-xeb22B5dLI

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-07-29T16:03:53.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_5Ns1-P4qiDU

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-03-03T12:00:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_JJuwFwq1WI4

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-04-17T04:00:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_PC3t_5I8oUU

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-09-01T14:47:23.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_x0LdUgjgl_c

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-06-10T18:49:28.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

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SmithsonianVideos

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianVideos

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_yyyRC2ONZCI

Creator:

Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-06-13T15:40:32.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

See more by:

Anacostia_Community_Museums

Data Source:

Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research

YouTube Channel:

Anacostia_Community_Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_HD0ju5JR0Mc

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-05-06T15:40:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_eD8HgTtDyrg

Creator:

National Museum of Natural History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-01-12T18:09:45.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Natural History  Search this

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smithsonianNMNH

Data Source:

National Museum of Natural History

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianNMNH

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_ZEcCy_NtaJg

Biogeographical Region:

78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

ex herb. C. Mohr  Search this

Place:

Alab. Open grounds near dwellings Montgomery fair ground, Alabama, United States, North America

Common name:

aiwiye

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae

Published Name:

Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq.

Barcode:

01715817

USNM Number:

784444

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3532e4303-2718-4004-b77f-b728d461e70b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12768777

Biogeographical Region:

78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Edward S. Steele  Search this

Place:

Waste ground near Dwelling, toward water front, District of Columbia, United States, North America

Collection Date:

30 Sep 1899

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Solanales Solanaceae

Published Name:

Physalis philadelphica Lam.

Barcode:

00401174

USNM Number:

349751

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

DC Flora

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3734241fe-de3a-4ef9-ba2e-1f72fbcea60d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2180310

Painter:

Malone, Blondelle 1877-1951  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Johnson Collection, The 100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203 Spartanburg South Carolina 29306 Accession Number: 2010.10.01

Date:

1907

Topic:

Landscape--Rhode Island--Newport  Search this

Landscape--Plant--Wildflower  Search this

Landscape--Time--Sunrise  Search this

Landscape--Time--Morning  Search this

Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this

Control number:

IAP 68670415

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_467908

Type:

Archival materials

Cityscapes

Scope and Contents:

This series contains images of convenience stores, restaurants and urban carry-outs in Washington, DC's Wards 7 and 8. There are also photographs of Barry Farm Public Housing demolition and specific homes at the Barry Farm Dwellings before destruction. In addition, the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., parade is documented beginning with a Peace Walk from Anacostia Metro Station on Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave SE and finishing at Good Hope Road, SE. The Anacostia Community Museum and many social and service organizations participated in the parade. Additionally, the Funk parade is included in this series. The parade started at the historic Howard Theater and continued through the U Street Corridor to the Lincoln Theater. The event honors Washington, DC funk music, and includes images of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Batala drummers, the Phelps Ace Academy Marching Band, Lion Dancers and Carnival dancers. Another parade documented in this group is the Capitals National Parade, held after the Washington Capitals Hockey Team won the Stanley Cup.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Parades  Search this

Celebrations  Search this

Urban Development  Search this

Urban renewal  Search this

Demolition  Search this

Storefronts  Search this

Urban Life  Search this

Genre/Form:

Cityscapes

Collection Citation:

Community Documentation Photographs, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

ACMA.CDC.1, Series 9

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Community Documentation Photographs

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-cdc-1-ref9

Collection Collector:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company  Search this

New York Central Railroad Company  Search this

Container:

Box 18

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1918 September

undated

1920 January

Scope and Contents:

VS 84 is located in the New York Central Railroad's Buffalo Division. It includes the area near Main Street in Buffalo, New York. Locations depicted in the negatives include William Street, Curtiss Street and Sackets Harbor. Negatives include views of a covered walkway, William Street Station, signal depot buildings, a freight office, an overpass, Tower "T", Curtiss Street Exp. Building, a Sackets Harbor stock chute, dwellings, "Y" yard office and a Sackets Harbor oil house.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1072-ref126

Collection Collector:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company  Search this

New York Central Railroad Company  Search this

Container:

Box 34

Box 35

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1919 May

undated

Scope and Contents:

VS 127 is located in the New York Central Railroad's Pennsylvania Division. It includes the land between Tioga and Waterville, Pennsylvania. Locations depicted in the negatives include Cammal, Blockwell and Middlebury. Negatives include views of a water tank, small buildings, stations, a barn, Cammal Station, Blockwell Station, dwellings, and Middlebury Station.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1072-ref169

Collection Collector:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company  Search this

New York Central Railroad Company  Search this

Container:

Box 5

Box 4

Box 6

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1919 January

undated

1918 December

1918 October

1918 August

1916 September

1916 August

1916 May

1916 January

Scope and Contents:

VS 60 is located in the New York Central Railroad's Hudson Division. It includes the area between Croton and Rensselaer. Locations depicted in the negatives include Castleton, Newton Hook, Montrose, Poughkeepsie, Duchess, Garrison, Hamburg, Manitou, Germantown, North Germantown, Peekskill, Annsville, Tivoli, Stuyvesant, Greendale, Shodock Landing, Camelot, Stockport, Hudson Pass, Hyde Park, Staatsburg, Barrytown, Montrose, Crugers, Oscawana, Linlithgo, Greendale, and Rensselaer. Negatives include views of Castleton Station, Newton Hook Station, Montrose Station, Poughkeepsie Station, Duchess Station, Garrison Station, Hamburg Station, Manitou Station, Germantown Station, Peekskill Station, an Annsville stable, Tivoli station, a Stuyvesant ice house, a Stuyvesant ice house chute, Stuyvesant Station, Peekskill Passenger Station, the Peekskill Station canopy, Cabin number 1133, a Garrison tell tale cabin, Manitou Station, Tower number 41, Peekskill Signal Tower number 39, Manitou Tower number 42, Bronx Road House, a dynamo house, a Master of the Watch yard, a Master of the Watch office, freight houses, a motor car house, water tanks, crossing cabins, Newton Hook Tower number 88, Hudson Passenger Station, Greendale Passenger Station, Stuyvesant Passenger Station, Castleton Passenger Station, Shodock Landing Passenger Station, Corliss Engines machine shop in Fishkill, Camelot Watch Tower number 55, New Hamburg drawbridge, Hyde Park freight house and stock yard, a bunk house, a stock pen, a store house, a lumber shed, an ash pit, cabins, ice houses, dwellings, a machine shop, flag cabins, freight offices, an iron shed, a tool house, "Seale" House, a coal bin, a signal power house, a Commissar's Building, a paint house, a laborer's house, a materials rack, a paint shop, a gas tank, a mail crane, a lab house, a pump house, a carpentry shop, a blacksmith shop, a store house, a water department, a carpenter shop, a turntable cabin, a coal shed, a signal storehouse, horses and carriages, a station platform with passengers, a railroad crossing, outhouses, sheds, Tower number 71, water towers, signal towers, a station, wagon, an office, people, maintenance of way office, an oil house, store houses, signal stations, the Peekskill cabin on West Street, the Peekskill stable grounds, Oscawana Station, a New Hamburg signal tower, Castleton Tower number 95, mail hooks, Linlithgo Station, Schodock Landing Station, Stuyvesant Tower number 90, watch cabin at Building 307, Newton Hook Tower number 88, a Schodock Landing outhouse, Signal Tower number 84, a flag cabin, Tivolo Passenger Station, Germantown Passenger Station, outhouse at Building 1523, dwelling at Tower number 93 at Schodock Landing, Building 1635 at Schodock Landing, Building 1631 at Schodock Landing, Building 1516 at Germantown, Building 1517 at Germantown, Building 1536 at Greendale, Greendale Station outhouse, Rensselaer water silo, Schodock landing outhouse at Building 1633, Castleton outhouse at Tower number 95, an ash pit, watch shanty at Tower number 55, coal house at New Hamburg station and a Track Superintendent office.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1072-ref23

Collection Collector:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company  Search this

New York Central Railroad Company  Search this

Container:

Box 7

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1918 December

undated

Scope and Contents:

VS 61 is located in the New York Central Railroad's Mohawk Division. It includes the area near Troy, New York. Locations depicted in the negatives include Adams Street and Monroe Street. Negatives include views of Adams Street Passenger Station, a freight house, a Monroe Street crossing cabin, a passenger station iron works, a Brakemen's cabin, Section House number 20, a car knocker locker, a police shanty, Section House number 18, dwellings, a motor car house, Troy ice house, an inspection cabin, a boiler house, a hose box, an oil house, a Yard Master's office, a police cabin, a watch box, a passenger station coal box, a dope house, an iron and lumber shed, an ash loading platform, a casting shed, a cabin at scale house, a boiler house, a scale house, a passenger station, a tool house, a blacksmith shop, a coupler rack, a shed for bolts, an iron shed and a car inspection building.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1072-ref24