David Plowden North American Bridge Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Plowden, David
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Canada
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by David Plowden, date unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Plowden, David
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Author and photographer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1976
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated to the Museum's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in 1984. Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1019
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs Plowden took of bridges, aqueducts and viaducts all over the United States and a few in Canada. The photographs are of various types of bridges: truss, suspension, covered. Some photographs feature close-up details of architectural elements, such as arches, chains, towers and ornamentation.