Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
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
label: Donor
content: Rehor, John A.
place: label: Place
content: Ohio
label: Place
content: West Virginia
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Rolling-stock
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations -- United States
label: Topic
content: Railroad tracks
label: Topic
content: Railroad companies
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Buildings and structures
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Employees
label: Topic
content: Locomotives
label: Topic
content: Railroad bridges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Museum's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in 1981 by John A. Roher.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
setName: label: See more items in
content: Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Founded in 1871, the Wheeling and Lake Erie (W&LE) Railway was built to haul coal from southeastern Ohio mines to the Lake Erie ports of Huron and Toledo. After World War II, W&LE had several owners, the Nickel Plate, then the Norfolk & Western, and later, the Norfolk & Western and Southern (NS) merged. The W&LE was dissolved in 1989 but was revived in 1990 by new investors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1942.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1075
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Negatives

Series 2: Copy Prints
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Over nine hundred official company photographs documenting the history of the railroad. Subjects include trains, locomotives and cars; employees and employee gatherings and events; structures such as stations, track, bridges, crossings, towers, and coaling stations.