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Item — Box: SC PHOTO 0037, Item: 110

Identifier: SC PHOTO 0037.110

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Album contains small black and white photographs of mid-Twentieth Century railroad related images, specifically the Erie Railroad. The Erie Railroad system served the Northeastern United States connecting New York City on the Hudson River to Lake Erie. The collection contains images of the 1943 floods on the Delaware River and other tributaries. The images included in the album are 131 black and white photographs, only three have captions (Painted Post [N.Y.], Great Bend, PA). The contents of the photographic images are of railroad employees and railway structures.

Dates

Creation: 1943
Creation: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 volume (One album measuring 14.5 x 21.5 x 4cm) : Has black textured covers, gilt PHOTOGRAPHS on front cover, fastened by eyelets and cord containing 64 pages with 131 black and white photos