Division of Transportation Stereograph Collection
name: label: Compiler
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
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content: California
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content: Colorado
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content: Illinois
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content: Maryland
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content: Massachusetts
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content: Mexico
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content: Michigan
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content: Mt. Washington (New Hampshire)
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content: New Jersey
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content: New York
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content: Pennsylvania
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content: Rhode Island
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content: Scotland
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content: Switzerland
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content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Harbors
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content: Passenger ships
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content: Railroad bridges
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content: Railroad tracks
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content: Railroad yards
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content: Railroads -- Trains
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content: Railroad construction
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content: Railroads, Elevated
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content: River boats
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content: Ships
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content: Shipyards
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content: Travel photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
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content: Division of Transportation Stereograph Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection contains stereographs documenting various forms of transportation including railroads, steamships, and riverboats. 
In addition, there are scenes of American cities primarily in the Northeastern United States and a few foreign subjects.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1867-1927
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History, in 2018.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1468
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in two series. 

Series 1: Locations, 1891-1900, undated

Subseries 1.1: United States of America, 1900, undated

Subseries 1.2: Foreign Countries, 1891, undated

Subseries 1.3: American and European, undated


Series 2: Subjects, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024. Finding aid encoded by Meredith Clowse, intern, 2024. 

Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection contains stereographs documenting various forms of transportation consisting of trains, steamships, and riverboats.  Railroads, railyards, railroad bridges, elevated trains, harbors, and shipyards are also found among these images.  A few of the images are scenes of American cities such as New York and Chicago.  While most of the images are of the Northeastern United States there are a few of Colorado.  In addition, there are some foreign subjects. Materials are arranged by location or subject.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


For related material on railroads, see the following collections:


Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Railroads, NMAH.AC.0060


Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data, NMAH.AC.0207


Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Records, NMAH.AC.0208


Swatara Railroad Papers, NMAH.AC.0272


Division of Transportation Railroad Reference FilesNMAH.AC.0523


Lehigh Valley Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1046


Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1074


Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Photographs, NMAH.AC.1075


Elmer Treloar Collection of Railroad Station Negatives, NMAH.AC.1078


Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Negatives, NMAH.AC.1080


Niagara Railroad Negatives, NMAH.AC.1081


Erie Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1082


Railroad Trade Literature Collection, NMAH.AC.1136


Clayton M. Hall Collection of Railroad Photographs, NMAH.AC.1168


Harry A. McBride Railroad Photographs, NMAH.AC.1171


Wilbur L. Metz Collection of Railroad Ephemera, NMAH.AC.1172


Thomas Norrell Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1174


Railroad History Collection of America, NMAH.AC.1327


Hezekiah Bissell Papers, NMAH.AC.1445


R. Wallace Steel Papers, NMAH.AC.1449

For related material on riverboats, see the following collections:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, NMAH.AC.0060


Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera, NMAH.AC.0635


Jack Siefert Woody Herman Collection, NMAH.AC.0659


American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0711

For related material on shipyards, see the following collections:


Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records, NMAH.AC.0218


Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, NMAH.AC.0314


Charles Rivers Photographs, NMAH.AC.0360


Princeton University Posters Collection, NMAH.AC.0433


Industry on Parade Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0507


Sofranoff Collection, NMAH.AC.0564


Marvin E. Mundel Industrial Engineering Collection, NMAH.AC.0676


American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0711


Lili Réthi Papers, NMAH.AC.0749


The Foundation Company Records, NMAH.AC.0974


James Forgie Papers, NMAH.AC.0986


Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, NMAH.AC.1013


Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection, NMAH.AC.1515

For related material on steamboats and steamships, see the following collections:


Leo Baekeland Papers, NMAH.AC.0005


Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Boats and Boating Equipment,  NMAH.AC.0060


Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, NMAH.AC.0060


Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143


John Stevens Collection, NMAH.AC.0333


Greville I. Bathe Papers, NMAH.AC.0970


Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, NMAH.AC.1013


William M. Rau Steamship Collection, NMAH.AC.1306


Cyrus W. Field Papers, NMAH.AC.1386

Archives of American Art

William E. L. Bunn Papers, 1863-2009, AAA.bunnwill

National Air and Space Museum Archives


Alexander de Seversky Russian Photograph Album Collection, NASM.2005.0016