Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Photographs (PCC and St. Louis)
name: label: Donor
content: Merker, Walter H., Jr.
label: Creator
content: PCC and St. L Railroad
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroad construction
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations -- United States
label: Topic
content: Railroad accidents
label: Topic
content: Railroad bridges
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Illinois
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Walter H. Merker, Jr., on November 1977.
creator: label: Donor
content: Merker, Walter H., Jr.
label: Creator
content: PCC and St. L Railroad
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content: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Photographs (PCC and St. Louis)
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of photographic prints of railroad construction in Pierron, St. Jacob, and Collinsville, Illinois, from 1925-1927.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: During the bustling age of railroad transportation in the late 1920s, Illinois became a focal point for railway construction.  In earlier decades small corporations had built railroads connecting the state's borders, but by the late 1880s many of these companies had joined together into larger corporations. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad was a combination of several railroad companies that merged for financial reasons. PCC and St. Louis was later absorbed into the Pennsylvania Railroad.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1928
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 from the Division of Engineering and Industry (now called the Division of Work and Industry).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1079
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in one series by photograph number.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Amber Covington (intern), March, 2011; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1920-1930
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains photographs documenting the relocation of the main railroad line between Pierron and Collinsville, Illinois from 1925 to 1927. Photographs include views of stations, track and bridge and of a railroad accident. The collection is arranged sequentially by photograph number and then chronologically.