Wagner Palace Car Company Collection
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Wagner Palace Company
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science and Technology
label: Donor
content: Dubin, Arthur D. (Arthur Detmers)
place: label: Place
content: Buffalo (New York)
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroad passenger cars
label: Topic
content: Sleeping cars (Railroads)
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Contracts
label: Topic
content: Railroad car builders
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Arthur D. Dubin in 1986.
creator: label: Manufacturer
content: Wagner Palace Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Wagner Palace Car Company Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the business of the Wagner Palace Car Company, manufacturers of sleeping and parlor cars in Buffalo, New York.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Webster Wagner (October 2, 1817-January 13, 1882), a businessman and inventor, was in the wagon making business and an employee of the New York Central Railroad Company before he created his own company.  The Wagner Palace Car Company was founded in Buffalo, New York to sell the sleeping and parlor cars he had invented. Throughout its existence the Wagner Palace Car Company competed with and had several legal battles with another railroad car manufacturer the Pullman Palace Car Company. In 1900 the Wagner Palace Car Company was sold to the Pullman Palace Car Company.


Sources:


Mid-Continent Railway Museum, Wagner Palace Car Company
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .25 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in May 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1574
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is processed.
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Consist of proposals, contracts, a logbook, passes, newspaper clipping, and receipts primarily relating to the manufacturing of sleeping and parlor cars by the Wagner Palace Car Company. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Dubin Pullman Palace Car Company Construction and Registration Books, NMAH.AC.0158


Pullman Palace Car Company Collection, NMAH.AC.0181


Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files, NMAH.AC.0523


Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1086


Pullman Palace Car Company Photographs, NMAH.AC.1175

Other Repositories


Mid-Continent Railway Museum, Wagner Palace Car Company


New York State Library, Webster Wagner Wagon-making Papers, 1837-1842, SC1044

Newberry Library, Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository, Frank H. Beberdick Pullman Collection