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Drawing # RS-4001A Gilbert Car Manufacturing Co./Lake Street Elevated Railroad Lake Street elevated railroad passenger car November 1883

Collection Creator:
Chicago City Railway Company.  Search this
West Chicago Street Railroad Company.  Search this
Pennsylvania & West Virginia Railway.  Search this
Chicago Transit Authority.  Search this
Chicago Surface Lines.  Search this
Container:
Map-folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Chicago Surface Lines Drawings, 1880-1948, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Chicago Surface Lines Drawings
Chicago Surface Lines Drawings / Series 7: Miscellaneous
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8951aa347-d434-4857-90b4-2dfbcf51b1bf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0212-ref220

Drawing # RS 4003 Lake Street Elevated Railroad Passenger car, gas and vacuum brake, piping lettering, striping August 17, 1895

Collection Creator:
Chicago City Railway Company.  Search this
West Chicago Street Railroad Company.  Search this
Pennsylvania & West Virginia Railway.  Search this
Chicago Transit Authority.  Search this
Chicago Surface Lines.  Search this
Container:
Map-folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Chicago Surface Lines Drawings, 1880-1948, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Chicago Surface Lines Drawings
Chicago Surface Lines Drawings / Series 7: Miscellaneous
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84419b840-65c1-44c9-864e-a36c3c92a59f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0212-ref222

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Title:
Photograph of a railroad passenger car maintenance man
Photograph by:
Wayne F. Miller, American, 1918 - 2013  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Medium:
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.7 x 26.4 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place depicted:
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1946-1948
Topic:
African American  Search this
Labor  Search this
Photography  Search this
Skilled labor  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2009.24.8
Restrictions & Rights:
© Wayne F. Miller/Magnum Photos
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52031414e-6135-4330-acf7-feedc5aaa5bb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.24.8
Online Media:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours

Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
3.68 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Travel brochures
Commercial correspondence
Letterheads
Receipts
Print advertising
Business cards
Invoices
Business letters
Publications
Business records
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Correspondence
Advertising fliers
Advertisements
Advertising
Advertising mail
Advertising cards
Printed ephemera
Place:
Australia -- Description and Travel
Austria -- description and travel
Spain -- description and travel
Scotland -- description and travel
Colorado -- description and travel
Ireland -- description and travel
England -- description and travel
Europe -- description and travel -- 1910-1950
China -- Description and Travel
Mexico -- description and travel
Europe -- description and travel
Canada -- Description and Travel
United States -- description and travel
Date:
1844-1966
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Scope and Contents:
Tours consists of business records and advertisements created by tourism companies and rail lines, travel guides to varied countries and geographic areas, and other select items such as travel advice, resources on hotels and resorts, and travel-related events or lectures.

No expansive business documentation exists for any company represented within the records. The strength of the collection lies in its breadth of information about other countries, states, or geographic locations provided for the purposes of informing travelers. While no substantial material concerning the history and development of the tourism industry exists within the collection, this subject category provides substantial resources for researchers interested in sorts of information that was made available to tourists, types of travel and tours available, and background about resources and perceptions of promoted vacation destinations over a long time period.
Arrangement:
Tours is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Tours is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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.
Topic:
Railroads -- 19th century  Search this
Railroads -- 20th century  Search this
Health resorts  Search this
Automobile travel  Search this
Railroads -- 1860-1900  Search this
Railroads -- 1874-1910  Search this
Travel  Search this
Hotels  Search this
Automobile travel -- United States  Search this
Railroads -- Dining-car service  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Railroad companies  Search this
Tourist trade -- 1900-1910  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Maps, Tourist  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Railroads -- History  Search this
Railroads -- Trains  Search this
Sleeping cars (Railroads)  Search this
Air travel  Search this
Travel -- 1890-1930  Search this
Tourist trade -- Postcards  Search this
Travel -- 1910-1920  Search this
Railroad travel  Search this
Description and Travel  Search this
Family vacations  Search this
Tourist trade -- 1910-1940  Search this
Railroad stations  Search this
Tourist trade -- 1900-1910 -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
advertising -- Transportation  Search this
Vacations  Search this
Railroad passenger cars  Search this
Genre/Form:
Travel brochures
Commercial correspondence
Letterheads
Receipts
Print advertising
Business cards
Invoices
Business letters
Publications -- Business
Business records
Publications
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Correspondence
Advertising fliers
Advertisements
Advertising
Advertising mail
Advertising cards
Printed ephemera
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tours
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ec3d919a-fdba-4173-8a85-5b72a71d4dfa
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-tours

Don't Waste Transportation of the 6,800 Pullman Sleeping Cars ... A Large Part Are Assigned to Troop Service ...

Issuing body:
Association of American Railroads  Search this
Creator:
Association of American Railroads  Search this
Collection Creator:
Princeton University  Search this
Extent:
1 Poster (1/2 size; Multi-color, 71 x 56 cm)
Container:
Map-folder 431
Type:
Archival materials
Posters
Place:
United States
Image:
Main Image: U.S. soldiers in a railroad passenger car
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 3345
General:
Issued by: Association of American Railroads

Artist(s): Anon
Printing Info:
Property of Princeton [...] Received MAY 1 1943
Collection 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.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
Topic:
Travel  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Posters -- United States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Posters
Posters -- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Collection Citation:
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Princeton University Poster Collection
Princeton University Poster Collection / Series 4: World War Two / United States
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85342fcbd-ee59-4046-86e0-376bfb925753
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0433-ref14683

Emigrant Sleeping Car, c. 1885

Maker:
H. Clarkston and Son  Search this
Clarkston and Son, H.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 14 in x 60 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 152.4 cm x 25.4 cm
Object Name:
Railroad Car Model
model, railroad passenger car
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
c. 1975
Subject:
Travel  Search this
Railroads  Search this
Immigration  Search this
Migration  Search this
ID Number:
TR.335578
Catalog number:
335578
335578
Accession number:
1977.0251
1977.0251
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9740-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_676811
Online Media:

[Trade catalogs from Wallace Supply Co.]

Company Name:
Wallace Supply Co.  Search this
Notes content:
Railroad passenger-car double door fixture, ball bearings, back sheave and track, hangers and track for single door, and anti-rattler door rollers; hand power bending tools: U benders, angle benders, bar bending tools, eye benders...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
3 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this
Topic:
Machine-tools  Search this
Metal-working machinery  Search this
Railroad equipment industry  Search this
Street-railroads  Search this
Subways  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_27297
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_27297

[Trade catalogs from Palmer Car Ventilator Co.]

Company Name:
Palmer Car Ventilator Co.  Search this
Notes content:
An 1897 catalog for the Palmer Car Ventilator Co., which made a system for circulating air within railroad passenger cars. Terms: James Palmer, temperature, cinders, air channel, steam car.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date:
1800s
Topic (Romaine term):
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
Air conditioning  Search this
Heating  Search this
Heating and ventilation industry  Search this
Railroad equipment industry  Search this
Street-railroads  Search this
Subways  Search this
Ventilation  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_28216
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_28216

Pullman

Physical Description:
wood and glass (display case material)
Object Name:
Car, Passenger
model, passenger railroad car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Car, Passenger; Rail
ID Number:
TR.326639
Catalog number:
326639
Accession number:
265928
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9fd8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_842001

Pennsylvania RR passenger coach,

Object Name:
Passenger Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Passenger Car; Rail
Date made:
ca. 1860
ID Number:
TR.230165
Catalog number:
230165
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-7858-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_843271

Model of a c1875 Parlor Chair Railroad Car

Physical Description:
plastic (case material)
Measurements:
overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 34 7/16 in; 19.3675 cm x 14.76375 cm x 87.47125 cm
Object Name:
Coach
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Coach; Rail; Parlor-Chair Car
Date made:
ca. 1875
ID Number:
TR.322350
Catalog number:
322350
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-94bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_843656

seat, railroad car

Object Name:
Seat, Railroad Car
seat, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Seat, Railroad Car; Rail
ID Number:
1982.0793.01
Catalog number:
1982.0793.01
82.0793.01
Accession number:
1982.0793
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-88d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_844487

seat, railroad car two passenger

Measurements:
overall: 41 1/4 in x 41 1/4 in x 28 1/2 in; 104.775 cm x 104.775 cm x 72.39 cm
Object Name:
Seat, Railroad Car
seat, railroad passenger car
seat, railroad car two passenger
Other Terms:
Seat, Railroad Car; Rail
Date made:
ca. 1915
Credit Line:
The Edison Insitutie, Henry ford Museum & Greenfield Village
ID Number:
1982.0793.02
Catalog number:
1982.0793.02
82.0793.02
Accession number:
1982.0793
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-88d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_844488

sign, railroad passenger car

Object Name:
Sign, Railroad Passenger Car
Other Terms:
Sign, Railroad Passenger Car; Rail
ID Number:
1985.0086.01
Accession number:
1985.0086
1985.0086
Catalog number:
1985.0086.01
85.0086.01
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-98bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_844581

Century Tavern

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 64 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.01
Catalog number:
1994.0239.01
Accession number:
1994.0239
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f3a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167944

City of Indianapolis

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 64 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.02
Catalog number:
1994.0239.02
Accession number:
1994.0239
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f3a8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167945

City of Chicago

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 64 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.03
Catalog number:
1994.0239.03
Accession number:
1994.0239
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f3a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167946

Cascade Grotto

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 64 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.04
Accession number:
1994.0239
Catalog number:
1994.0239.04
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-0ad6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167947

Imperial Fountain

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 65 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.05
Catalog number:
1994.0239.05
Accession number:
1994.0239
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Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-0ad4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167948

Imperial Falls

Measurements:
average spatial: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm x 54.61 cm
average spatial: 90 mm x 65 mm x 546 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 21 1/2 in
Object Name:
Model, Railroad Car
model, railroad passenger car
Other Terms:
Model, Railroad Car; Railroad; Railroad Car
ID Number:
1994.0239.06
Catalog number:
1994.0239.06
Accession number:
1994.0239
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-0ad5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1167949

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