Northern Pacific Railway Photoprints
name: label: Sponsor
content: Northern Pacific Railway Company
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: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Bridges
label: Topic
content: Railroad bridges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Sponsor
content: Northern Pacific Railway Company
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content: Northern Pacific Railway Photoprints
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of photoprints documenting the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Founded in 1864, the Northern Pacific Railway originated in Minnesota and operated in the states bordering Canada, also serving cities in British Columbia and Manitoba.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.16 Cubic feet (1 box
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1881-1949
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (now called the Division of Work and Industry) to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1067
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two hundred fifteen silver gelatin photoprints documenting the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. Images depcit the Takoma Shops, Marent Gulch Viaduct, Howe trusses, trestle work, iron Pratt trusses, plate girders, coal bunkers, the Stampede Tuunnel, Bozeman Tunnel, turntables, and the Bismarck, North Dakota Missouri River Bridge.