Puerto Rico Roadbuilding Photograph Album
topic: label: Topic
content: Civil engineering
label: Topic
content: Construction and civil engineering
label: Topic
content: Roads -- Puerto Rico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Bertha Allen Loagn of Smith College, 1970.
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content: Puerto Rico Roadbuilding Photograph Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents roadbuilding activities of the Puerto Rico Bureau of Engineers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1945
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center for the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1557
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.

Series 1: Photograph Album, circa 1900
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 -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Album contains black-and-white photographs of roadbuilding activities of the Puerto Rico Bureau of Engineers. The album includes photographs and watercolors of construction scenes, excavations, bridges and grading. The album was assembled by the Puerto Rico Bureau of Engineers during the Administration of Charles H. Allen the first Civil Governor of Puerto Rico.