Transportation Nitrate Negatives
name: label: Photographer
content: Finney, Bill
label: Collector
content: White, Roger
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
place: label: Place
content: Cumberland (Md.)
label: Place
content: Newark (Ohio)
label: Place
content: Baltimore (Md.) -- 1920-1930
label: Place
content: Huntington (W. Va.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1920-1930
label: Topic
content: Streets -- Maryland -- Baltimore
label: Topic
content: Streets -- Maryland
label: Topic
content: Streets -- Ohio
label: Topic
content: Streets -- West Virginia
label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Trains
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Finney, Bill
label: Collector
content: White, Roger
setName: label: See more items in
content: Transportation Nitrate Negatives
abstract: label: Summary
content: Nitrate negatives depicting street views with automobiles and railroad cars, in several areas of the country. Many are numbered and dated in ink on the negative. The groups are: views of Newark, Ohio, by Bill Finney, March 19, 1926; Huntington, West Virginia, 1927; Cumberland, Md., by Bill Finney, Oct. 28, 1925; and "Baltimore, Md.--Sharp St. Looking South from Camden St. / for Police Dept. / Oct. 21, 1930.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1930.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: These negatives were collected by the NMAH Division of Transportation because of the subject matter depicted.  They were transferred to the Archives Center by Roger White of the transportation collections (formerly Division of Transportation), primarily because of the self-destructing nature of the nitrate composition of the film.  Before the transfer, White obtained copies of all the images for his office files.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0790
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
Numerically arranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by David E. Haberstich, 2003. The headings below are transcriptions from the original envelopes (all of which have deteriorated and crumbled due to brittleness from exposure to the nitrate fumes).  All original envelopes have been discarded, but the envelope captions were photocopied: the xerographic copies are filed in the collection control file.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Nitrate -- 19th-20th century
originalsloc: label: Location of Originals
content: Prints from the negatives were made by OIPP for Roger White prior to the transfer of the negatives and are in the NMAH transportation collection files.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This is a group of forty-three (43) cellulose nitrate negatives (8" x 10", 5" x 7", and smaller)depicting streets and railroad tracks with buildings such as houses, stores, and other commercial establishments.  In many cases vehicles such as automobiles, trucks, and railroad cars from about 1925-1930 appear in the images.  Dates on the photographs include 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1930, and the unidentified images appear to have been made within the same date range.  Most of the photographs apparently were taken by Bill Finney of Concord, New Hampshire.  The locales depicted include Baltimore and Cumberland, Maryland; Newark, Ohio; Huntington, West Virginia; and areas in New England.