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Collection Area Printed Collections Subject Rail Transport Material Type Photographs

1. 010056.i.4(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(9)
Title:
Offices of the Oudh & Rohelcund Ry. Co. [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the driveway of the imposing two-storey pedimented building, housing the offices of the railway company.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(9)
Title:
Ruins at Manassas. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of railway remains at Manassas Junction after the Confederate retreat: 'Everything was destroyed, except half a dozen cars … The old wooden turn-table was uninjured, and is a fair sample of the old fashioned equipage of the Orange and Alexandria Road, at this period....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(10)
Title:
Ruins at Manassas Junction. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking over the railway junction, with a group of soldiers posed casually for the photographer in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(26)
Title:
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac, at Harper's Ferry. July, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the confluence of the two rivers, with houses of the town in the foreground and the railway bridge across the river beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(30)
Title:
Fredericksburg, Va. February, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the Rappahannock River towards the city, with the piers of the destroyed railway bridge in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1863
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(75)
Title:
Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the massive mortar, mounted on a railway trolley, with officers and men posed on the platform: 'This monster mortar, cast by Mr. Charles Knapp, at his celebrated iron works in Pittsburg, Pa., was used for a short time in the summer of 1864, during the siege operat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 2(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(88)
Title:
Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond Railroad Bridge, across the James. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View showing the standing stone piers of the pier running across the James River, after its destruction by the retreating Confederate forces. The photograph is taken from the Richmond side: 'In the background are seen the heights of Manchester, on which the rebels erected...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

8. 1784.a.13, 2(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(97)
Title:
Appomattox Station, Va. April, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the line, with a timber-framed house standing on the right: 'This station is on the railroad between Petersburg and Lynchburg; distant from the former place ninety-six miles, and from Appomattox Court-House three miles. The place in itself is very insig...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

9. 1784.a.13, 2(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(98)
Title:
High Bridge, crossing the Appomattox, near Farmville, on the South Side Railroad, Va. 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the side of the railway bridge known as High Bridge, on the South Side Railway between Petersburg and Lynchburg. The three spans in the foreground were destroyed by retreating Confederate forces in early April 1865, are are here seen repaired with woode...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

10. 8235.h.9(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
8235.h.9(51)
Title:
Estacion de Valparaiso. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Mounted facing p. 51. General view of the exterior of the railway station at Valparaiso.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item