Robert Lee Weide Photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Weide, Robert Lee
label: Names
content: James Baird Company (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: Madeira School (McLean, Va.)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Potomac Electric Power Company (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
label: Donor
content: Blake, Beverly B.
label: Names
content: Hatfield, Devil Anse, 1839-1921
place: label: Place
content: West Virginia -- Logan
label: Place
content: West Virginia -- White Sulphur Springs
label: Place
content: Guyandotte River
label: Place
content: Coosawattee River
label: Place
content: Virginia -- Buffalo Springs
label: Place
content: Virginia -- Bedford City
label: Place
content: Pennsylvania -- Ridgway
label: Place
content: Ohio -- Salem
label: Place
content: Virginia -- New Castle
label: Place
content: Virginia -- Covington
label: Place
content: Virginia -- Clifton Forge
topic: label: Topic
content: Dams
label: Topic
content: Railroad stations -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Railroad bridges
label: Topic
content: Power plants
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Beverly B. Blake in 1980 to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now called the Division of Work and Industry).
creator: label: Photographer
content: Weide, Robert Lee
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert Lee Weide Photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Lee Weide was a construction engineer who worked for the James Baird Company of Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1933.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1012
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs and photograph albums documenting engineering projects with which Robert Weide was involved. They include the Potomac Electric Power Company plant in Washington, D.C.; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing building in Washington, D.C.;. a hydroelectric plant on the James River for Bedford City, Virginia; a power plant in Salem, Ohio; a power plant in Ridgway, Pennsylvania; a power plant in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; a power plant in Logan, West Virginia; a dam project at Coleman Falls, Virginia; the Madeira School in Fairfax, Virginia; a railroad bridge at Clifton Forge, Virginia; a railroad station at Buffalo Springs, Virginia; and other projects. Also includes images of families, street scenes, and recreational activities (such as fishing and picnicking) at some of these locations. Devil Anse Hatfield (of the Hatfield-McCoy feud,) is in some of the photographs.