Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Cotton, Robert, Sir
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
topic: label: Topic
content: Canals -- West Virginia
label: Topic
content: Locks
label: Topic
content: Aqueducts
label: Topic
content: Canals -- Maryland
label: Topic
content: Canals -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Canals -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Sir Robert Cotton, date unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cotton, Robert, Sir
abstract: label: Summary
content: Fifty-eight black and white photographic prints taken by Sir Robert Cotton, of scenes along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C & O Canal).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984-1985
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated by Robert Cotton to the Division of Engineering and Industry (now the Division of Work and Industry) in 1986. 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.1022
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: Colleciton is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1980-1990
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Fifty-eight black and white photographic prints taken by Sir Robert Cotton, of scenes along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C & O Canal), including locks, acqueducts, canal station; and cyclists and joggers along the towpaths.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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