Black and White Negatives
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Chaney, Charles B.
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content: Charles B. Chaney Jr. Railroad Photographic Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1850-1947, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1167, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists primarily of black-and-white negatives, copies from old photographic prints, dating from 1850-1900.  The remaining negatives were taken by Mr. Chaney between 1910-1947.  The negatives vary greatly in composition and quality. There are also one hundred glass plate negatives found among these materials.  Materials are contained in sixty-eight boxes arranged by number. These boxes are currently stored in an offsite facility.