Leslie Company Photograph Albums
name: label: Donor
content: Leslie Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
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 Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Snow protection
label: Topic
content: Steam engineers
label: Topic
content: Steam-engines
label: Topic
content: Snow removal
label: Topic
content: Snow plows
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Equipment and facilities
label: Topic
content: Steam engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by the Leslie Company, through John S. Leslie, President, 1968.
creator: label: Donor
content: Leslie Company
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content: Leslie Company Photograph Albums
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Started near the turn of the twentieth century by John Leslie, the Leslie Company was established to automate the removal of snow in railroads through the production of steam powered rotary plows, as well as other types of steam equipment.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1886-1889
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Work and Industry in 2009.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1182
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series

Series 1: Photograph Albums, circa 1886-1889
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two albums of photographs depicting rotary snow plows for railroads.