New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives
name: label: Creator
content: Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: New York Central Railroad Company
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 bridges
label: Topic
content: Railroad companies
label: Topic
content: Railroad cars
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Trains
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Railroads
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company donated the collection in 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: New York Central Railroad Company
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content: New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railroad dating from 1914 to 1923.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1923
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1072
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jade D'Addario, intern, 2014; Anne Jones, volunteer, 2014; Eva Buchanan, intern, 2017; Stephanie Haeg, intern, 2017; Karalyn Glos,intern, 2018; Austin Knox, intern, 2018; and Justine Thomas, intern,  2018; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of over 3,500 photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railway. These materials include images of bridges, structures, stations, railroad cars, and other subjects. Certain negatives also capture glimpses of everyday life including families outside of company-owned housing, railroad employees at work, busy city scenes, advertisements, automobiles, and in some cases, the surveyors at work. The negatives begin with valuation survey number twenty-seven and end with 145.  These negatives date from 1914 to 1923 with the bulk dating from 1916 to 1921. The negatives are arranged sequentially according to their valuation survey (VS) numbers, which denote specific geographic areas along the railway lines. Geographic locations were identified using copies of valuation survey maps from the Pennsylvania State Archives.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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