Elmer Treloar Collection of Railroad Station Negatives
name: label: Photographer
content: Treloar, Elmer, 1902-
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroad stations -- Canada
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased from Elsie Treloar in 1977 by the National Museum of American History, Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now called the Division of Work and Industry).
creator: label: Photographer
content: Treloar, Elmer, 1902-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elmer Treloar Collection of Railroad Station Negatives
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Railroad hobbyist and photographer who specialized in transportation subjects.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1973.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1078
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series and then arranged alphabetically by railroad.

Series 1: Negatives,
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A collection of negatives of photographs documenting railroad stations in the United States and Canada. The majority of the negatives are of stations in the Midwestern U.S.