Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards
name: label: Creator
content: Vogel, Robert M.
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
label: Topic
content: Buildings
label: Topic
content: Canals
label: Topic
content: Dams
label: Topic
content: Factories
label: Topic
content: Heavy machinery
label: Topic
content: Lighthouses
label: Topic
content: Mines
label: Topic
content: Mining
label: Topic
content: Quarries and quarrying
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations
label: Topic
content: Tunnels
label: Topic
content: Waterworks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering by curator Robert M. Vogel in 1986. Also included in this gift were stereographs of non-engineering subjects, which were transferred to other Museum divisions.
creator: label: Creator
content: Vogel, Robert M.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (6 boxes
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1844-1916, undated
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The engineering stereographs were transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1090
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereoscopic photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series

Series 1: Stereograph Cards, 1848-1926
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Geoff Kelly, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2023. 

Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Stereoscopic photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Approximately 350 stereo cards of engineering subjects, such as bridges, tunnels, lighthouses, canals, quarries, etc., including both U.S. and foreign subjects.