Fair of the Iron House Photograph Album
name: label: Names
content: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Fair of the Iron Horse
label: Topic
content: Fair of the Iron Horse (1927 : Halethorpe, Md.)
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquistion unknown.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Fair of the Iron House Photograph Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of a photograph album documenting the Fair of the Iron House, 1927.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .15 Cubic feet (1 box)
label: Extent
content: 1 Album (10 in. x 13 in. )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, 2024.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1640
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albums
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series for the photograph Album

Series 1: Photograph Album, 1927
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of a photograph album with 3 in. x 5.5 in. black and white photographs documenting the Fair of the Iron House, September 24, 1927 to October 16, 1927 in Halethorpe, Maryland. Most of the photographs are numbered and some have captions. 

Fair of the Iron Horse celebrated the first centennial of railroading in the U.S. with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and showcased the evolution of the earliest forms of transportation like wagons, coach cars, and locomotives.